The Cook's Nook
Honorable Mention
The Cook's Nook supports Austin-area artisans, mobile food vendors, and caterers in their culinary businesses' early stages. Led by founder Joi Chevalier, who is a previous grant winner, the unique incubator offers business development and networking tools, a commercial kitchen, and a coworking space to provide turnkey solutions for business development. The company asks for community support in developing a new Cultura Cuisine for Heart Health nutrition solution that addresses the pressing issue of high rates of heart and hypertensive disease in Black men and hypertensive disease in Black expectant mothers.