Soup Therapy

Employee Size

1

Organization Type

Self-Owned

Founded

2025

Founded by licensed Home Health Aide Juliette Ozkalfayan after she began making nourishing soup for clients, Soup Therapy is a Manhattan caregiver-support food company that prepares handcrafted, personalized soups fresh in customers’ homes. Each session brings the ingredients and equipment to the kitchen, leaving families with labeled, freezer-ready meals tailored to dietary needs and preferences. The company has graduated from Hot Bread Kitchen’s Seed Program and joined its Start Program as it develops frozen delivery and wholesale offerings.

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