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Tagine House is a women-owned Moroccan catering business serving the Kansas City metro, founded in 2019 by Rabat-born chef Kawtar Ben Elmaslouhia, specializing in slow-braised tagines and couscous. It operates as a catering and delivery business with no fixed public storefront, cooking out of a shared commercial-kitchen incubator in Independence.12

Description

Tagine House is a Moroccan catering and meal-delivery business serving the greater Kansas City metro. Chef-owner Kawtar Ben Elmaslouhia cooks the sweet-and-savory dishes of her native Morocco — slowly braised meat-and-vegetable tagines and warmly spiced couscous — for family dinners, corporate events, private dinners, and large gatherings.12 Customers can order individual dishes online (each serving up to roughly five people) with 24-hour notice for delivery anywhere in the metro, and Ben Elmaslouhia also caters everything from boxed office lunches to full dinner-party menus cooked start-to-finish in clients’ homes.1

Best-selling dishes include a beef tagine topped with caramelized prunes and apricot, and a chicken tagine cooked with preserved lemons and green olives, served over fluffy couscous or saffron rice.1 Most Moroccan dishes are vegan- and vegetarian-adaptable, and the business accommodates dietary restrictions on request.2

The business has no fixed public storefront. Ben Elmaslouhia uses the Ennovation Center — a nonprofit small-business incubator with a shared 24/7 commercial kitchen at 201 N Forest Ave in Independence — as her production kitchen.13 That address is a shared incubator used by many food entrepreneurs and is not a Tagine House dining venue.

Ownership and history

Tagine House LLC was founded in October 2019 by Kawtar Ben Elmaslouhia.4 She was born and raised in Rabat, Morocco, in a large family, learning Moroccan cooking from her grandmother and mother.4 She moved from Morocco to Texas around 2010–2011 and relocated to Kansas City in 2013 after securing her green card, settling with her husband and two children.24 After working in insurance and health-data management, she turned her lifelong passion for Moroccan cuisine into a catering business.4

During the COVID-19 period the business added Moroccan furniture and decor rentals alongside its catering.4 The business is described as women-owned and -operated.2

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Footnotes

  1. https://www.feastmagazine.com/kansas-city/article_ac6194a2-b4a1-11ea-80d1-b3bf1806394f.html — Feast Magazine, “Tagine House Brings Catered Moroccan Specialties To Your Home or Office in Kansas City.” asserts: chef-owner Kawtar Ben cooks Moroccan tagines and couscous; uses the Ennovation Center in Independence as her commercial kitchen; online orders serving up to ~5 people with 24-hour notice for metro delivery; caters boxed office lunches to full in-home dinners; best-sellers are beef tagine with prunes/apricot and chicken tagine with preserved lemon and green olives. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  2. https://taginehouse.com/index.php/about — Tagine House official “About” page. asserts: women-owned and -operated Moroccan catering for the KC metro; owner moved from Rabat, Morocco to Texas in 2010 and to Kansas City in 2013 after securing her green card; most dishes vegan/vegetarian-ready and dietary restrictions accommodated. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  3. https://www.loc8nearme.com/missouri/independence/ennovation-center/6213115/ — Ennovation Center listing. asserts: Ennovation Center address is 201 N Forest Ave Suite 120, Independence, MO 64050; a nonprofit business incubator with a shared 24/7 commercial kitchen used by multiple food entrepreneurs. ↩

  4. https://voyagekc.com/interview/hidden-gems-meet-kawtar-ben-elmaslouhia-of-tagine-house-llc/ — VoyageKC, “Hidden Gems: Meet Kawtar Ben Elmaslouhia of Tagine House LLC” (published June 28, 2021). asserts: full owner name Kawtar Ben Elmaslouhia; Tagine House founded October 2019; born/raised in Rabat, Morocco; learned cooking from grandmother and mother; prior career in insurance and health-data management; added Moroccan furniture/decor rentals during COVID. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

See also

  • Registry
  • Owner-And-History-Research-Toolchain
Categories
  • Locally owned
  • Moroccan
  • Mediterranean
  • Independence