🍽️Now Accepting Founding Franchisees β€” Pre-Launch Phase (Concept Stage)

Your Kitchen.
Your Business.
Your Community.

Foodmerica turns home kitchens into certified micro-restaurants β€” creating real economic opportunity for home chefs who want more than a side hustle.

Become a Home Chef Partner β†’ See How It Works
$4,995
Franchise Entry Fee
$295/mo
Monthly Royalty
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Work From Home
SBA
Financing Available

Built From Real Experience

Foodmerica was born in 2019 with a single belief: the best meals in any neighborhood aren't made in restaurant kitchens β€” they're made in people's homes. We set out to build the infrastructure that lets talented home cooks share that gift with their community, and earn a living doing it.

We launched, we tested, we operated across two markets β€” including an international pilot in Kathmandu, Nepal. We learned what works, what breaks, and what home chefs really need to succeed. Then a global pandemic hit us at our most vulnerable moment. We paused. We didn't quit.

What we built now is smarter, leaner, and designed for the real world β€” a hybrid franchise-cooperative model that puts the home chef first, backed by real financing through LoansBloom.

2019 β€” Foodmerica founded. Concept developed across Virginia and Kathmandu, Nepal.
2020–22 β€” Live market testing. Two-wave COVID disruption. Operations paused.
2023 β€” Rebuilt. Franchise model designed. LoansBloom financing arm launched.
Today β€” Accepting founding home chef partners. DMV area launch priority.
"The best meal isn't the one a stranger cooked in a commercial kitchen β€” it's the one your neighbor made with love. Foodmerica exists to make that a business."
β€” Jack Tiwari, Founder, Foodmerica
Why Now?
βœ“Home kitchen food laws (MEHKO) expanding across US states
βœ“Consumers crave authentic, neighborhood food β€” not chain restaurants
βœ“SBA micro-loan financing makes startup capital accessible for the first time
βœ“The gig economy has a better model β€” home entrepreneurship, not platform labor

AirBnB β€” But For Your Kitchen

You already cook for 4. Cook for 10. Serve the other 6. That's Foodmerica. We give you the brand, the compliance, and the customers. You bring the kitchen and the craft.

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Get Certified

We guide you through your local food handler permit, kitchen certification, and compliance checklist. No guesswork β€” a proven playbook.

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Cook What You Love

Offer in-home dining, backyard pop-ups, weekend hosting, or local delivery. Your menu, your schedule, your cultural cuisine.

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List & Get Booked

Your kitchen appears on the Foodmerica platform. Vetted customers in your neighborhood find you, book your table or order delivery.

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Earn & Grow

Keep the majority of every sale. Build reviews, grow your customer base, and eventually expand to a backyard venue or second kitchen.

What Foodmerica Brings.
What You Bring.

This isn't a landlord-tenant arrangement. It's a cooperative partnership β€” we succeed when you succeed.

🏷️ Foodmerica Provides

Infrastructure, systems & support

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Brand umbrella, credibility & national recognition
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Permitting guidance & compliance playbook (state-by-state)
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Ordering & booking infrastructure (white-labeled app)
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Marketing templates, photography guide & social presence
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SBA micro-loan pipeline via LoansBloom (up to $50K)
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Training, onboarding curriculum & ongoing coaching

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ³ The Home Chef Brings

Talent, authenticity & heart

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Your kitchen, dining room, backyard or community space
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Your skills, personality & cultural culinary story
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Local community relationships & neighbor network
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Flexibility, authenticity & passion for feeding people
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Equity injection from savings or SBA micro-loan
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Word-of-mouth growth from delighted guests & repeat customers

Simple. Transparent. Aligned.

No surprise fees. No revenue grabs. Four straightforward streams β€” designed so that your success and ours are the same number.

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$4,995
Franchise Entry Fee
One-time fee to join as a home chef partner. Includes full onboarding, compliance playbook & brand access.
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$295/mo
Monthly Royalty
Flat monthly fee covering platform maintenance, marketing support, and continued compliance guidance.
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4.9%
Transaction Fee
Applied to all orders processed through the Foodmerica platform. You keep the rest.
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Referral
LoansBloom Revenue
When we connect you to SBA financing, LoansBloom earns a referral fee from the lender. Zero cost to you.
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The Hidden Gem: LoansBloom Financing

Need $15K–$50K to get certified, upgrade your kitchen, and launch right? That's an SBA micro-loan candidate. LoansBloom, our in-house SBA financing division, connects Foodmerica franchisees directly to lenders β€” turning the capital barrier into a solvable equation. You get funded. We get you started. Everyone wins.

Made for the Overlooked Entrepreneur

Foodmerica was built specifically for people whose talents have been priced out of traditional food entrepreneurship. You don't need a $400,000 restaurant. You have everything you need already.

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Stay-at-Home Parents

You already cook extraordinary meals every day. Foodmerica turns that skill into a flexible income stream that works around your family's schedule β€” not against it.

Flexible Hours Β· Home-Based Β· Community First
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Disabled Individuals

Traditional restaurant work demands physical conditions that aren't always accessible. Your kitchen is your terms. Foodmerica meets you where you are and builds around your strengths.

Accessible Β· Adaptive Β· Income Inclusive
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Immigrant & Cultural Chefs

Your authentic cuisine β€” the flavors no chain restaurant can replicate β€” is exactly what neighborhoods are hungry for. Foodmerica gives you the platform to share it and profit from it.

Authentic Cuisine Β· Cultural Heritage Β· Local Demand

Everything You Get as a Founding Partner

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Licensed Use of the Foodmerica Brand

Full branding rights, logo usage, and brand guidelines to position your home kitchen as an official Foodmerica location in your area.

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Compliance Playbook & Permitting Roadmap

State-by-state guidance on home kitchen certification, food handler permits, cottage food laws, and MEHKO regulations. We've done the research so you don't have to.

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White-Label Ordering Platform Access

Your own booking page on the Foodmerica app. Accept reservations for in-home dining, backyard events, or delivery orders through one seamless interface.

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Done-For-You Marketing Templates

Social media templates, photography tips, neighborhood flyer templates, and launch campaign playbook β€” all editable, all branded for your kitchen.

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Onboarding Training & Ongoing Support

A structured 30-day launch program, operations manual, and access to the Foodmerica partner community for peer support and best practices.

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LoansBloom SBA Financing Referral

Exclusive access to our SBA micro-loan pipeline through LoansBloom. If you need startup capital ($15K–$50K), we connect you directly to pre-qualified lenders.

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Founding Partner Application

Join As a Founding Partner

Founding partners receive priority launch support, reduced onboarding timelines, and personal attention on your kitchen setup and launch.

$4,995 entry fee
+ $295/month royalty
Apply to Become a Partner β†’

Or email [email protected] Β· Call 202-630-4301

Backed By Oval Business Group

Built by an Operator,
Not Just an Advisor

Foodmerica is a venture of Oval Business Group β€” a Northern Virginia advisory firm specializing in franchise development, business brokerage, M&A advisory, and SBA financing. We're not consultants who theorize. We're operators who have lived it.

Jack Tiwari, Foodmerica's founder, didn't just design this model on paper. He launched it, operated it across two countries, watched it get hit by a pandemic, rebuilt it, and came back smarter. That experience is in every system, every playbook, and every support call you'll ever get from us.

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Business Brokerage & M&A

Buy, sell and grow businesses with confidence and strategy

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Franchise Development

Concept to franchise system β€” we build from scratch

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LoansBloom β€” SBA Financing

SBA 7(a) micro-loans for franchisees who need startup capital

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Northern Virginia Based

DMV area focus for Foodmerica's initial franchise launch

Jack Tiwari
Jack Tiwari
Founder Β· Oval Business Group Β· Foodmerica

Before advising on business acquisitions and franchise development, Jack founded Foodmerica β€” a foodtech platform he launched across two markets, including an international pilot in Kathmandu, Nepal. That firsthand experience as a founder β€” building from zero, navigating regulatory complexity, operating through a global pandemic, and ultimately rebuilding β€” is what separates his advisory work from advisors who have only ever been advisors.

He knows what business owners feel, what they fear, and what they actually need. That's why Foodmerica is structured the way it is β€” not from a whiteboard, but from the field.

M&A Advisor Franchise Developer SBA Lending Foodtech Founder Northern Virginia International Markets

Your neighborhood is hungry
for what you cook.

Join the Foodmerica founding cohort. Limited spots available for DMV-area home chefs ready to build something real β€” on their terms.

Or call us at 202-630-4301 Β· No pressure. Just a conversation.