Similiar to how the MasterChef mini kitchens are set up

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Similiar to the Hub Bay Area, where nonprofits and charities work in an offline LinkedIn environment spurring collaboration and change innovation... a Community Kitchen Hub could help solve the problem of food storage, preparation, and the cooking challenge in the Tenderloin neighborhood.

Imagine a space with 40 kitchenettes, food storage lockers and daily classes on food preparation with an industrial strength dish washer and eating area.

Nonprofits that serve low-income and homeless individuals and families can use the facility to train participants to prepare and cook the food they've received through food pantries, food stamps or bought with their own funds. 40 individuals or families could voluntarily go through live tutorials of how to prepare meals that will sustain healthy living habits by teaching them, and not by simply feeding them, how to prepare and cook different kinds of meals

This approach could train hundreds of people a week in the Tenderloin neighborhoods on food preparation, kitchen safety, food storage and provide them a place on their own to come and cook when they don't have access to a refrigerator, a pantry or cupboard, a microwave, or stove.

Additionally, this could provide space for training for the food/service industry for people looking for work, but have barriers to traditional employment.

There would have to be designated hours, staff on hand, security, and dishwashers, but they could be volunteer positions or in-kind donations from for-profit and non-profit businesses.

*This is not a solution, but an "outside the box" idea of how to utilize vacant buildings in the mid-market area and provide access to food storage, preparation and the cooking challenge to be a PART of the solution.