The food you've been missing

Didn't come
from a factory.

Pre-order homemade food from your neighbour in Zürich. Made only when enough people say yes.

One email when a baker is ready in your neighbourhood. No newsletter.

Have a recipe to share? Bake with us →

35+ neighbours already on the waiting list · Zürich · first batches May 2026

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.

A baker proposes a batch.

A small round of baking. Their recipe, their price, their pickup window.

Neighbours pre-order.

Payment is held, never charged, until the batch is confirmed.

The kitchen opens.

Made by hand, picked up in person at a quiet central Zürich address.

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

This is what it looks like

Theoni opens a batch.

One real example. Real recipe. Real kitchen. The first batch on solo.quando.

BATCH 001 · COMING SOON

Strawberry marmalade.

A Greek recipe from my grandmother. Slow-simmered, made by hand, ready when you are.

She lists the batch. She sets the threshold. Neighbours pre-order. When enough say yes, she simmers a small batch on a Sunday morning. You collect later that week.

Pickup: a quiet central Zürich address
Status: opening soon

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— Theoni

Why this exists

Across Zürich, people
bake alone.

Most of what we make goes to waste. Most of it happens without anyone knowing. One kitchen, repeated in a thousand homes.

solo.quando reverses the order. We ask before we make. We make only when wanted.

2.8M

tonnes wasted yearly · CH

38%

from households alone

CHF 600

wasted per person

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For who is this

Two paths, one neighbourhood.

solo.quando works in two directions. Both honest, both quiet.

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
Stay in your kitchen, never open your home

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 Zürich address

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Common questions

Honest answers.

The four most common questions before launch.

When does this launch?

First batches in Zürich are planned for May 2026. Join the waiting list and you'll be the first to hear the moment a baker in your neighbourhood is ready.

What if a batch doesn't reach its threshold?

Every payment is released back to you, automatically and in full. No exceptions, no credits, no partial refunds. The full amount, every time.

How does pickup work?

Pickup happens at a place we keep private. Central Zürich, quiet, warm, and considered. The address is shared only once you've committed to a batch. We do not deliver.

Is the food safe? What about allergens?

Every listing must declare every ingredient and every allergen before publication. Swiss food-safety law (LMG SR 817.0 / LGV SR 817.02) applies to all bakers, who are responsible for accurate declarations.

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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.