Gratitude Meal

Food is one of the oldest forms of expressing gratitude. After successful ordeals and important milestones, we always celebrate with good food and the ones that we are thankful for. However, we often take the power of gratitude and food for granted. At Otenga, we wanted to curate an experience that would engage people to be thankful for the important people in their lives. That is how the concept of the Gratitude Meal was born.

The first Gratitude Meal was an Otenga-sponsored meal, wherein we collected registrations and invited patrons to experience a gratitude-themed meal with their plus ones for free. These plus ones could be anyone they wanted to express gratitude towards. In the first edition, we saw best friends, lovers, parents, and even their house helps. In fact, one of the selection criteria from the registered entries was their reason for expressing gratitude. The food at the event was experiential and each course was themed around the process of accepting gratitude in your life. This way, not only was everyone able to express gratitude but they were also able to engage in activities that helped them understand the concept of gratitude better,

We believe that by fostering a culture of appreciation, we can create a more compassionate and connected society. With the Gratitude Meal, Otenga aims to create a cyclical system of gratitude wherein we would be giving our patrons, be they individuals or corporates, a platform for contributing to the Otenga community by sponsoring future renditions of the Gratitude Meal.