Farm-direct sourcing & aggregation
We buy direct from growers and aggregate across farms to hit institutional volume.
VK Capital Ventures Inc.
We build hospitality that connects people, producers & place.
A boutique hospitality and agricultural supply-chain company in Houston, Texas. We think like founders and operate like COOs — turning farm-direct sourcing, meal programs, private dining, and primary-source research into operating businesses.
Food Freedom for the Culture · Conceptualized in Tulum & Rooted in Houston
Trust signals
Houston-basedChef-led, operator-runFood-safety certified leadershipFood handler certification delivered in-houseFair-trade & BIPOC farm sourcingFarm-direct procurementPrimary-source research methodologyUniversity & workforce partnerships
These describe how the business operates and how the research is produced; they are not third-party endorsements.
Explore the ecosystem
Five doors into the VK platform.
VK Capital Ventures is a platform of operating brands across hospitality, beverage, education, and supply chain. Start with what you came here to do.
Travel Villa Kitchen
Book an experience
Private farm dinners, destination retreats, and dinner clubs — hosted end to end by our team.
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Six Rows Café
Drink our coffee
Single-origin coffee and ceremonial cacao, roasted and served by Six Rows.
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TravelVillaKitchen.org
Learn to cook professionally
Chef cohort training, food-handler certification, and workforce culinary education.
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Farm2Chef
Source from local farms
The coordination layer that makes a small grower legible to an institutional buyer.
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VK Capital Ventures
Partner or invest with us
Tell us what you're trying to build and we'll come back with a written scope.
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What’s next on the calendar.
Travel Villa Kitchen · Houston, TX
Farm Dinner at the Villa
A seated, multi-course dinner built around the week's harvest from our farm partners.
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Six Rows Coffee & Cacao · Houston, TX
Ceremonial Cacao Ceremony
A guided cacao ritual with our stone-ground Guatemalan ceremonial blend.
See dates & reserve↗Lets CookHouston · Houston, TX
Hands-On Cooking Class
Cook the menu with our chefs in a small-group working kitchen.
See dates & reserve↗ What we do
Nine service lines, one operating system for food, hospitality, and supply chain.
Each line is a real business with real deliverables — from farm-direct aggregation to primary-source research. Together they let us move a project from feasibility to a running operation.
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Meal prep & subscription meal programs
Recurring, clinically referable meal programs priced and documented like a service.
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Mobile café & on-site beverage activations
Pop-up café and beverage service deployed to sites, events, and workplaces.
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Private dining, dinner clubs & retreats
Farm dinners, destination gastronomy, and curated club experiences.
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Culinary education & workforce certification
Youth culinary challenge and food handler certification delivered in-house.
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Hospitality consulting & owner-operator support
Operating support for owners who need a COO, not a consultant.
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Research, feasibility & program design
Primary-source research and feasibility for capital and program decisions.
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Supply-chain technology & logistics coordination
The coordination layer that makes a small grower legible to an institutional buyer.
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Event production & staffing
Full event production with trained culinary and service staff.
Field research
Briefs written for people who have to make a decision.
Four original briefs authored by Aubrey McCoy, Founder & Principal, dated September 2026. Every figure is traced to a named primary source.
Brief 01 · Food disparity · Houston
Houston's food insecurity is not a poverty story. It is a geography story.
39% of Houston and Harris County households reported food insecurity in spring 2024 — roughly three times the national rate. The intervention has to be ZIP-code specific.
Read the brief ↗ Brief 02 · Produce prescriptions
Produce prescriptions work. The published numbers are better than most operators realize.
A pooled analysis of nine programs found a one-third drop in household food insecurity and clinically meaningful drops in HbA1c and blood pressure.
Read the brief ↗ Brief 04 · Institutional demand
The biggest local-food buyer in America is already funded, already scheduled, and already looking.
US schools spent $1.8 billion on local food in SY 2022–23. The scarce asset is the coordination layer that makes a small grower legible to an institutional buyer.
Read the brief ↗ Divisions
Operating brands across hospitality, beverage, and supply chain.
Six Rows Café
Meal prep, mobile café, packaged beverage
Six Rows Coffee & Cacao
Single-origin coffee & ceremonial cacao
Travel Villa Kitchen
Private dining & destination experiences
Villa Kitchen HTX
Houston meal prep · 3 for $35 · 5 for $60
Lets CookHouston
Youth culinary & food handler certification
FARM2CHEF
Supply-chain coordination layer
Farm & community partners
We procure farm-direct and show up where growers and eaters gather. Named partners, in a neutral directory tone:
- Harlem River Farms
- Fresh Houwse Grocery / Black Farmer Box
- Ecotone
- The Metallic Foundation
- Urban Harvest
- Acres Homes Farmers Market
- Live Oak Farmers Market
How we work
Houston-basedChef-led, operator-runFood-safety certified leadershipFood handler certification delivered in-houseFair-trade & BIPOC farm sourcingFarm-direct procurementPrimary-source research methodologyUniversity & workforce partnerships
These describe how the business operates and how the research is produced; they are not third-party endorsements.
Experiences
Pull up a chair. Taste the work.
Farm dinners, pop-up cafés, ceremonial cacao ceremonies, youth culinary challenges, and hands-on cooking classes — every event is a working demonstration of the supply chain behind it. Come eat what we grow, meet the farmers we buy from, and learn the craft from the chefs who run the kitchen.
Start a conversation
Let’s scope something in writing.
Whether you are a developer, a health system, a university, a farm, or a private host — tell us what you’re trying to build and we’ll come back with a written scope.