The food you've been missing

Made only when
you want it.

Pre-order homemade food from your neighbour in Zürich. Made by hand. By someone with a name.

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A warm cottage kitchen filled with homemade cake, jars of preserves, fresh fruit and bread on a wooden table, with a baker working at the stove in the background
Where culture moves slowly across kitchen counters.

35+ neighbours already part of solo.quando · Pilot in Zürich · first batches May 2026

Like Kickstarter, for homemade food. Made by your neighbour.

01

A baker proposes a batch.

A small round of baking. Their recipe. Their price.

02

Neighbours pre-order.

Payment is held, never charged, until enough say yes.

03

The kitchen opens.

Made by hand. Picked up at a quiet central address.

This is what it looks like

Real batches. Real people.

Home bakers in Zürich. Each batch made only when enough neighbours pre-order.

Why this exists

Most homemade food
never finds its people.

Across Switzerland, 2.8 million tonnes of food are wasted every year. 38% comes from households alone. Most of it baked with care, by people who simply made too much.

solo.quando reverses the order. Ask first. Bake second.

2.8M
tonnes wasted · CH
38%
from households
CHF 600
per person, yearly

For who is this

Two paths, one neighbourhood.

If you love to bake

A small local following, on your terms.

  • Bake only when neighbours are waiting
  • No wasted ingredients, no leftover stock
  • Set your recipe, your price, your pickup window
  • You bake. We handle the rest
Become a baker →

If you love real food

Discover homemade food in your neighbourhood.

  • Made fresh, only after you order
  • Real recipes from real people in Zürich
  • Meet the person who made your food
  • Pickup at a quiet central address
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Common questions

Honest answers.

When does this launch?

solo.quando is live in Zürich. Batch 003 (Mousto) is open for pre-orders now. See the current batches →

What if a batch doesn't reach its threshold?

Every payment returns automatically and in full. No exceptions, no credits, no partial refunds.

How does pickup work?

Pickup happens at a single, central Zürich address we curate. Quiet, warm, and considered. The address is shared once you've committed.

Is the food safe? What about allergens?

Every listing must declare every ingredient and every allergen. Swiss food-safety law (LMG SR 817.0) applies to all bakers.

Read the full FAQ →

WHY I STARTED THIS

"I baked twenty-four cookies. I ate two. The rest went to waste."

That was the Sunday I started solo.quando.

Theoni Paschou, founder of solo.quando
Theoni Paschou · founder
PhD. Eight years in product and transformation. Now baking from her grandmother's recipes.

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Zürich first. May 2026. Then your neighbourhood.

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