Startup Story
For many people, cooking is an expression of love, and for entrepreneur Aasiyah Ravate, founder of Home Cooking With Love in Mozambique, that is certainly the case. Every day, she prepares delicious meals and snacks for her customers that are both delicious and convenient.
LoA found out more about this culinary enterprise with big ambitions from founder Aasiyah Ravate.
Tell us about yourself
My name is Aasiyah Ravate and I am 22 years old and the CEO and founder of Home Cooking With Love. I am also a 4 year dental student. I have a great passion for cooking, and during this pandemic I have reinvented myself and created my business, Home Cooking With Love. During the past six months, I have been serving my snacks to agencies, banks, and thousands of people in my city.
What does your company do?
My business celebrates the concept of homemade food, which makes people travel for flavors without leaving home and without needing a visa. We specialist in traditional Indian food, Italian food, fast food and desserts.
“My business celebrates the concept of homemade food, which makes people travel for flavors without leaving home and without needing a visa.”
What inspired you to start your company?
My mother was always a fighter and a warrior and taught me to fight for my dreams. I have a passion for cooking. I am still struggling to achieve my dream of opening a restaurant. I was also inspired to start my business to help my mother because she was always a mother and father to me and my brother, she deserves the best.
Why should anyone use your service or product?
At Home Cooking With Love, we serve our customers with great home-made food, inspired by cuisine fro”m around the world, including special burgers, hotdogs, desserts, and Indian or Italian food.
“At Home Cooking With Love, we serve our customers with great home-made food, inspired by cuisine from around the world, including special burgers, hotdogs, desserts, and Indian or Italian food.”
Tell us a little about your team
My company is made up of me, my mother, my grandmother, and my workers who have been with us for over 20 years.
Share a little about your entrepreneurial journey. And, do you come from an entrepreneurial background?
At first it was very difficult, because I still had no idea how to own and run a business. My mother had to help me invest, and with time I gained experience and I could already see the profits. But sometimes I had relapses on my entrepreneurial journey, but in the end every experience taught me to be a better entrepreneur.
What are your future plans and aspirations for your company?
To open a restaurant where each person who passes by will feel at home just because of the taste of the food.
“My future plans are to open a restaurant where each person who passes by will feel at home just because of the taste of the food.”
What gives you the most satisfaction being an entrepreneur?
My client's happiness in tasting my food, and the beautiful messages that my clients send because they liked the food we prepare.
What's the biggest piece of advice you can give to other women looking to start-up?
Trust in you, be faithful, believe in your dreams, and fight for them no matter your age. Be strong and fight for your business, do not let anyone put you down. Believe in your potential and in the potential of your company. Hear the voice of your heart and make your way from it. I am sure that in the future, you will have the professional satisfaction you deserve!
Find out more
INSTAGRAM | EMAIL aasiyahravate74@gmail.com
Why LoA loves it….
At Lionesses of Africa, we love to see young women entrepreneurs turning their passion into profit through their businesses, and in the case of Aasiyah Ravate, she is definitely doing that. She understands her customers and the homemade food they love, and is tapping into a market that wants the experience of lovingly made comfort food from around the world but without the travel. Her customers and their positive taste experiences are her best brand ambassadors. This is definitely a young company to watch as it grows. — Melanie Hawken, founder & ceo of Lionesses of Africa