Oakland Bloom is a people of color/diaspora-led non-profit that supports poor/working-class immigrant and refugee chefs and aspiring entrepreneurs to develop their visions for food, while earning income, accessing direct services and developing their businesses. Through culinary arts and business training, Oakland Bloom works with poor and working-class refugee and immigrant chef entrepreneurs to access to owning their own businesses, and in particular supports cooperative development. In an industry that centers white chefs, white consumers, and western palettes, Oakland Bloom’s mission is to encourage chef-entrepreneurs to stay true to their cultural history and expression, and their personal vision of how their food should be made and served, despite social pressure to assimilate or change their food based on expectations from a western audience.