Online Cooking Business

Online Cooking Business Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: October 8th, 2024

If you love to cook and want to start a business online, there are several opportunities that you can explore. Here are a couple of different approaches you can take:

Sell your recipes online
Become an influencer or blogger
Conduct online cooking classes/courses

Here are some benefits of starting an online cooking business:

You can have flexible working hours
You can start the business from your home
It requires a small investment
Cooking business is a rewarding work

In this list, you'll find real-world online cooking business success stories and very profitable examples of starting a online cooking business that makes money.

1. Crowded Kitchen ($204K/year)

Lexi Harrison, the co-founder and CEO of Crowded Kitchen, came up with the idea for her plant-based recipe website and content business while studying abroad and facing dietary challenges. With the help of her mom, she grew their audience to 20k followers within the first year. With their expertise in photography and recipe development, they diversified their business by offering content creation services to food and beverage brands, which now accounts for 50% of their revenue.

How much money it makes: $204K/year
How much did it cost to start: $5K
How many people on the team: 3

How I Started A $17K/Month Food Blog And Recipe Development Business

How co-founders of Crowded Kitchen, a plant-based recipe website and creative content business, grew their social media following to nearly 200k and became a leader in the plant-based recipe space, while also offering photography and recipe development services to major food and beverage brands.

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