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Our Story
Connecting the home cooks of Beirut with people who miss the taste of a home-cooked meal.
The problem we saw
Beirut is full of incredible home cooks — tetas, grandmothers, neighbors — whose food rivals any restaurant. They make kibbeh that melts in your mouth, tabbouleh with herbs picked that morning, stews that have simmered for hours. But they have no way to reach customers beyond their own neighborhood.
Meanwhile, the city is full of people who miss the taste of home-cooked food. Students living away from family. Young professionals too busy to cook. Expats craving something real. They eat out every day, knowing it’s never quite the same.
And given the current circumstances in Lebanon, many families struggle to afford meals at all. The people who need home-cooked food the most are often the ones who can’t access it.
That’s why we built Teta
A marketplace that connects home cooks with hungry neighbors. Simple, human, community-driven.
Fresh daily menus
Cooks list what they’re making today. Customers browse and order — everything is made fresh, never reheated.
Neighborhood-first
Pickup-first model keeps it local. You’re not ordering from a warehouse — you’re picking up from someone’s kitchen.
Cash on delivery
No complicated payment systems. Pay when you pick up your food. Simple as that.
Community, not corporate
Teta isn’t a faceless delivery app. It’s a community of real people cooking for real people.
صحتين
Sahteen
“Bon appétit” in Arabic — said when you wish someone good health through food
Our charity wing
In Lebanese culture, feeding someone is the highest form of generosity. A neighbor never goes hungry if there’s food on your table.
Through Sahteen, people in need can apply for free meals through the platform. The tetas themselves decide who to help and where to deliver — because they know their communities best.
Our goal: no one in the neighborhood goes hungry.
The people behind Teta
Zeinab Reda
Founder
Zeinab is a Medical Physics Resident at the American University of Beirut. She’s been living in Beirut for 2 years, and early on, she got tired of eating out every day. She missed her mom’s cooking — the kind of food that tastes like home.
Then she got to know her neighbors: talented home cooks who made incredible food but had no way to share it beyond their circle. She wanted to help them turn their passion into a business.
That idea became Teta — a platform where everyone could access a home-cooked meal, and every cook could reach the people who need their food.
Usman Rehan
Volunteer, Technology
Based in America, Usman helps build and maintain the technology behind Teta — making sure the platform works smoothly so cooks and customers can focus on what matters: great food.
Be part of the story
Whether you cook, eat, or just believe no one should go hungry — there’s a place for you at the table.