How I Made This: Jennifer Kim’s Alt Economy

Jennifer Kim is a Chicago chef who operates outside the traditional bounds of her profession. Her project, Alt Economy, rethinks how meals are made and sold, aiming to avoid the traditional restaurant industry’s exploitative policies that have historically been especially harmful to immigrants and people of color.
As the ongoing pandemic forces restaurants to pivot and evolve, Kim’s venture provides a space for exploring safer and more equitable practices within the context of hospit