Mini-kitchens on offer: Zomato to cook up a storm in cloud kitchens

Food discovery platform Zomato is using its data repository of restaurants that have recently shut down to build a new business unit that will rent out kitchen space to restaurants for increasing their ability to deliver food.

Dubbed "cloud kitchens", Zomato is investing in setting up infrastructure which existing restaurants will be able to use to fulfill online orders. These mini-kitchens will be located in off-premium locations and house up to four restaurants helping them expand their service affordably.

"To acquire cooking equipment, we are using Zomato data to identify restaurants which have recently shut down in the vicinity and