Covid-19: Home caterers in Bengaluru see rise in demand for nutritious food as families isolate themselves at home

Most home food caterers in Bengaluru have their hands full. During the peak of the third wave of Covid-19, they were even turning away new customers

Home cooks and caterers are in high demand as entire families who are down with COVID-19 are turning to them for nutritious meals. While COVID-19 cases in Bengaluru have been dropping rapidly, many families are simply isolating themselves at home when they get flu-like symptoms instead of getting tested. Most home food caterers in Bengaluru have their hands full. During the peak, they were even turning away new customers.

Nitin Krishna, a software engineer and resident of Konanakunte Cross, had to struggle for two days calling up multiple home food caterers before fixing one. “Most of the caterers I called had their hands full and expressed their inability to take on more orders for a few days. Finally, I got a caterer who delivers meals from a far-off area, but it cost me more,” he said. His entire family of four is down with COVID-19.