Oakland Bloom's Annual Holiday Market and Year-End Celebration

Name: Oakland Bloom's Annual Holiday Market and Year-End Celebration
Start: 2025-12-05T17:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-12-05T20:00:00-08:00
Location: Open Test Kitchen (OTK)

Schedule

Fri Dec 05 2025 at 05:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Open Test Kitchen (OTK) | Oakland, CA

Find one-of-a-kind handcrafted gifts, and celebrate one year of Open Test Kitchen, a chef-led space and project of Oakland Bloom
About this Event

We’re celebrating Open Test Kitchen’s first year on the block with a special party for our supporters, neighbors, and friends - and we want you there!

As Oakland Bloom nears its 10th anniversary, we’re in awe of what this community has achieved together. It feels like just yesterday we were sitting together outlining what a chef-led hub run by immigrant and diaspora chefs - and now we’re here, bringing our cultures’ bounty to more people every day.

To celebrate the incredible individuals and small businesses who make this all possible, we’re throwing our biggest posada yet with crafting, mahjong, delicious treats, and a holiday market featuring local and handcrafted gifts.

Grab your sliding scale ticket and you’ll get a glass of holiday ponche (punch) when you arrive. World Centric is generously matching sales and donations up to $15,000 through December 7. Support your community and chef entrepreneurs with big dreams for Oakland!

Meet and Shop these makers:

Choc'late Mama Cookie Co.
African Caribbean Market
Hmong Food Tasting by Crumb Snatcher
TSIRI Purepecha
Mama Hermanas
Rufi's Cacao

Oakland Bloom Marketplace with Goods by:

ASÚKAR - Palestinian-Cuban Fusion
Chiricana Cocina Panameña
M&D Food
Moteado Mezcal
Terah Wine Co.
...more to be announced soon!

Activities

Mahjong
Crafting
Piñata
Celebration of key collaborators and new businesses in our community
...and more!

About Oakland Bloom and Open Test Kitchen

Oakland Bloom is a nonprofit that supports working-class immigrant and diaspora chef-entrepreneurs to develop their food businesses. Through its project Open Test Kitchen, Oakland Bloom hosts a community kitchen hub, which offers accessible resources for chefs to prepare and share their foods, collaborate with one another, and build support. Oakland Bloom also hosts events that foster community connection , healing , resilience joy, and learning - both at Open Test Kitchen and through its neighborhood-based initiatives in Oakland Chinatown.

Learn more about Oakland Bloom and Open Test Kitchen at @otk_eats and @oaklandbloom on Instagram.

About World Centric

For over 20 years, World Centric has been a leader in sustainable, compostable foodservice packaging, committed to doing business differently. While we operate as a for-profit company, our heart beats with nonprofit values, guiding every decision toward sustainability and environmental responsibility, with 25% of our profits supporting grassroots initiatives that empower communities and drive positive change for a better world.