Every great company has a great backstory

Pashmina envisioned Indian Bento when she was a first class flight attendant for Cathay Pacific in Hong Kong. She started Indian Bento in San Francisco in 2009, and grew the company from a weekly meal service to the largest Indian food company in San Francisco, delivering over 1 million delicious Indian meals.

Our Story

OCT 2003

BOM-HKG-SFO

Pashmina moves to San Francisco. Read the backstory of a Bollywood romance

Mar 2009

Indian Bento cafe

Pashmina beta tests her Indian food at the Keynote cafe in San Mateo. Lines out of the door tell her it’s ready for launch.

ApR 2009

indianbento.com website launches

Indian Bento starts accepting online orders

APR 2009

Indian Bento via Mini Cooper

Indian Bentos are delivered by Pashmina in her yellow Mini Cooper

May 2009

SF bloggers rave about the “Pash-Mini”

The Thrillist and Burrito Justice write about Indian Bento deliveries

Jun 2009

Zynga first large corporate customer

Zynga’s head of HR hires Pashmina to cater their company lunch. Pashmina and team work from 7 pm to 10 am the next day, nonstop, to make the order.

May 2010

Yelp Holiday Hangover party

Indian Bento served 300 at the annual Yelp Holiday Hangover Party. By this time, lots of corporate Indian lunches are rolling in

Jan 2011

Whole Foods Market launches Indian Bento

Harvinder Singh, food forager, tastes and adds the Kati Roll to Whole Foods shelves.

Apr 2014

Indian Bento builds commissary

A brand new 10,000 sq ft commissary and office is built in San Francisco
[picture of Pashmina in the kitchen?]

Aug 2014

First truck joins the fleet

The new Ford Transit Connect is the first truck in the fleet

Jan 2016

300,000th meal served

The count of Indian Bento meals served is off the charts

Jan 2019

1,000,000th meal served

Indian Bento delivers its millionth Bento Box

Our Story

October 2003

BOM-HKG-SFO

Pashmina moves from Bombay to Hong Kong and finally, to San Francisco. Read the backstory of a Bollywood romance.

March 2009

Indian Bento cafe

Pashmina tests her Indian food at the Keynote cafe in San Mateo. Lines out of the door tell her it’s ready for launch.

April 2009

The indianbento.com website

Indian Bento adds a basic site for online orders

April 2009

Indian Bento via Mini Cooper

Indian Bentos are delivered by Pashmina in her yellow Mini Cooper

May 2009

SF bloggers rave about the “Pash-Mini”

The Thrillist and Burrito Justice write about Indian Bento deliveries

June 2009

Zynga first corporate customer

Zynga’s head of HR sees the articles and hires Pashmina to cater their company lunch. Pashmina and team work from 7 pm to 10 am the next day, nonstop, to make the order.

May 2010

Yelp Holiday Hangover party

Indian Bento served 300 at the annual Yelp Holiday Hangover Party. By this time, lots of corporate orders for Indian lunches are rolling in.

Jan 2011

Whole Foods Market launches Indian Bento

Harvinder Singh, food forager, tastes and adds the Indian Bento Kati Roll to Whole Foods shelves.

April 2013

Indian Bento builds commissary

We built a brand new 10,000 sq ft commissary in San Francisco, the largest for any Indian food company in the Bay Area.

August 2013

First truck joins the fleet

The Ford Transit is the first of 10 trucks in our fleet

January 2019

1,000,000th meal served

Indian Bento delivers its one millionth meal

FEB 2019

Indian Bento in Employee Cafes

Indian Bento services Indian food for student and employee cafes at Walmart, Intuit and the University of California

Our Story

October 2003

BOM-HKG-SFO

Pashmina moves to San Francisco. Read the backstory of a Bollywood romance

March 2009

Indian Bento cafe

Pashmina beta tests her Indian food at the Keynote cafe in San Mateo. Lines out of the door tell her it’s ready for launch.

April 2009

indianbento.com website launches

Indian Bento starts accepting online orders

April 2009

Indian Bento via Mini Cooper

Indian Bentos are delivered by Pashmina in her yellow Mini Cooper

May 2009

SF bloggers rave about the “Pash-Mini”

The Thrillist and Burrito Justice write about Indian Bento deliveries

June 2009

Zynga first large corporate customer

Zynga’s head of HR sees the articles and hires Pashmina to cater their company lunch. Pashmina and team work from 7 pm to 10 am the next day, nonstop, to make the order.

May 2010

Yelp Holiday Hangover party

Indian Bento served 300 at the annual Yelp Holiday Hangover Party. By this time, lots of corporate Indian lunches are rolling in

Jan 2011

Whole Foods Market launches Indian Bento

Harvinder Singh, food forager, tastes and adds the Kati Roll to Whole Foods shelves.

April 2014

Indian Bento builds commissary

A brand new 10,000 sq ft commissary and office is built in San Francisco

August 2014

First truck joins the fleet

The new Ford Transit Connect is the first truck in the fleet

January 2016

300,000th meal served

The count of Indian Bento meals served is off the charts

January 2019

1,000,000th meal served

Indian Bento delivers its millionth Bento Box

Pashmina, The CEO of Indian Bento

“At Indian Bento, we take great pride in….

Office Delivery

We cater a variety of Indian food options for offices. Start an online order now, or call us at (415) 970-8100 for catered meals or grab-and-go meals for your office refrigerators.

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Food Service Outsourced

Our 10,000 sq ft commercial kitchen prepares high volume Indian Food. Our packaged and hot bar Indian food is at UC San Francisco, UC Berkeley and Whole Foods. Employee cafes at Intuit and Walmart are serviced by Indian Bento.

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