C.O.O.K. Alliance

6043 Lawton Avenue
Oakland, CA 94618

Phone: (860) 614-3361

Services: Bilingual Training, Business Plan Training, Counseling, Incubator, Individual Development Accounts (IDAs), Mentoring/Consulting, Peer Networks, Topical Workshops

Other Services: Model Legislation; Technical Assistance to Counties/Cities

Clients: Coalitions, Ethnic Minorities, Immigrants, Low-Income Clients, Micro-enterprise programs, Non-profit organizations, People with Disabilities, Small business owners, Veterans, Welfare Recipients, Women, Youth

Microlender: No

Reach: Statewide

The C.O.O.K. Alliance is the leading voice for home food entrepreneurs in the United States. Our groundbreaking 2018 home cooking legislation (AB 626) created a ?Microenterprise Home Kitchen? permit in California? the first of its kind in the nation. As a result, California counties may begin permitting home cooks to sell all types of prepared foods to the public beginning January 1, 2019. We expect many other states to quickly follow California?s lead.