MeetMyMama was born from an observation: women in the restaurant industry rarely hold the position of Chef (which is often referred to in the masculine form), even though they are the ones who cook the most at home.
To empower these women, who may be isolated, in precarious situations, or simply seeking employment or a career change, this association, created in 2016, offers training for female chefs, as well as in commercial management, culinary design, sustainable development, public speaking, and more.
Thus, thanks to this dual training, these aspiring female chefs can succeed in living off their talent, which had previously been professionally untapped.
Founded by three cooking enthusiasts, particularly inspired by their “mama,” they are dedicated to showcasing the skills of “our mothers, our aunts, our sisters…” to share them with a wider audience.
“We realized all the barriers that women face in these environments – discrimination, sexism, and conditions that are not necessarily suitable. We decided to really focus on women to try to reverse the trend and create more role models,” explains co-founder Loubna Ksibi, who has developed three types of training programs based on their needs to help them quickly become autonomous in their profession.
Beyond professional training, this association promotes female entrepreneurship and seeks to “empower women to have power,” as the founder explains, through six key steps: inspiration, training, calculating a decent income level, community, support, and outreach to ensure the empowerment of these women.
As a committed and responsible catering service, MeetMyMama uses cooking as a lever for inclusion for women, but above all, it restores confidence and hope to women who “often meet multiple criteria for exclusion.”
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