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Our Story
The best food in Beirut isn't in restaurants. It's in kitchens down the street.
The problem we saw
Beirut is full of incredible home cooks. Tetas, grandmothers, neighbors. People whose kibbeh melts in your mouth, whose tabbouleh has herbs picked that morning, whose stews have been simmering since dawn. But they have no way to reach anyone beyond their own street.
Meanwhile, the city is packed with people who miss home cooking. Students away from family. Young professionals who barely have time to boil water. Expats craving something real. They eat out every day and it's never quite the same.
And with what Lebanon is going through right now, many families can barely afford a meal at all. The people who need home-cooked food the most are often the ones who can't get it.
So we built Teta
A simple way to connect home cooks with hungry neighbors. That's it. No gimmicks.
Made this morning
Cooks post what they're making today. You browse and order. Everything is fresh, nothing reheated.
Your neighborhood first
This isn't a delivery warehouse. You're picking up from someone's actual kitchen, around the corner.
Cash. Simple.
No payment apps. No card readers. You show up, you pay, you eat. Done.
People, not a platform
Teta isn't a faceless delivery app. It's real people cooking for real people. You'll probably become regulars.
صحتين
Sahteen
“Bon appétit” in Arabic. Said when you wish someone good health through food.
Our giving arm
In Lebanon, feeding someone is the most generous thing you can do. If there's food on your table, your neighbor doesn't go hungry. That's just how it works.
Through Sahteen, people in need can request free meals on the platform. The tetas themselves decide who to help and where to deliver. Because they know their neighborhoods better than anyone.
The goal is simple: no one in the neighborhood goes hungry.
The people behind Teta
Zeinab Reda
Founder
Zeinab is a Medical Physics Resident at AUB. Two years into living in Beirut, she was tired of eating out every single day. She missed her mom's cooking. The kind of food that just tastes like home.
Then she met her neighbors. Talented home cooks making incredible food with no way to share it beyond their circle. She wanted to help them turn what they love into something more.
That idea became Teta. A place where everyone can get a home-cooked meal, and every cook can reach the people who need their food.
Usman Rehan
Volunteer, Technology
Based in the US, Usman builds and maintains the tech behind Teta. His job: make sure the platform just works, so cooks and customers can focus on what actually matters. Great food.
Pull up a chair
Whether you cook, eat, or just believe no one should go hungry. There's a place for you here.