Chefs on Call FAQ

Ordering

: You may order using this form. At this point, all orders are for pick-up only on the coming Friday.

: We are asking you to pick up your prepaid order on Fridays only from 5pm to 7pm at the Windsor Terrace Food Coop, 825 Caton Avenue at East 8 Street, 11218

: Orders are currently for Thursday evenings only, starting with this Thursday, May 14, 2026. Pick up will be from 5–7pm.

: You pay directly through the site. After paying, you will receive a confirmation email with your order.

: For just the next few weeks, until we get our formal ordering website off the ground, we are absorbing the cost of sales tax.

: More info, questions and comments: ChefsOnCall@philanthropyleaders.org
Questions about a specific order only call: 929-367-6566

: Preparing delicious homemade food is one skill that many immigrants bring with them in coming to New York. Cooking as they once did at home is not dependent upon English language proficiency nor does it require extensive equipment. Indigenous ingredients are not hard to find in the city's neighborhoods. It is an activity which can also be scheduled around complex lives. Cooks can be their own bosses. While the work is very hard, it can be a pathway to earning money less dangerous and more steady than driving rideshare or delivering by ebike.
Philanthropy Leaders is incubating a few immigrant chefs with the goal of accelerating their passage to formal culinary jobs or businesses, while earning a living. Our chef contacts come through relationships with three projects, one of which, The Arepa Project, based in South Brooklyn, established a model upon which we hope to build a scalable enterprise. The additional chefs are drawn from the other two projects, Wanllan Mi Wanlle (WMW), a West African mutual aid project largely serving migrants seeking asylum, and an English conversation group for Pakistani and Bengali women in Kensington sponsored by People In Need, a South Asian women's empowerment and youth development group.