Ghost kitchens boom as food deliveries grow

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A sous chef at The Good Earth Group’s Nyama Mama packaging food-to-go at the Delta Towers outlet on May 20, 2021. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG

In Nairobi, delivery meals and takeaways seem to be the new business for out-of-job Kenyans. But where is the food being cooked from?

Takeout entrepreneurs hunting for cut-rate space in the pandemic are renting ghost kitchens. A ghost kitchen, also known as virtual, cloud, dark, satellites or delivery–only kitchens only prepare food for takeaway.

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