“I want Pete’s Kitchen to be a place that not only feeds people but inspires them. It is about building something lasting for Baltimore, one bite at a time.”Deneir Anderson · The Baltimore Times, December 2025
Love on the plate
We cook every dish with intention, the way you cook for family, and we taste everything before it leaves the kitchen.
Everyone eats
A 100% pork-free kitchen with vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free options. No guest gets stuck with a side salad.
Baltimore, born & raised
Old Bay in the grits, chicken salad on a croissant, and a business Deneir built for the city that raised her.
Nana’s standard
Recipes from family holidays and quiet Sundays, made the way Nana made them.
Brighter tomorrows
We hire from Baltimore and grow the team with the business, so it lasts longer than any one of us.
It started at the family table.
Growing up in Baltimore, Deneir was the family cook, the one people called for holidays, celebrations and the quiet Sundays when a warm plate meant everything. Food was how she gathered people and showed them love.
Her first business was Sweets by Pete. Breakfast was where her heart lived, for the comfort of it and the way it starts a day fresh. In 2023 she opened Pete’s Kitchen to cook meals that feel like home.
Homestyle, and completely pork-free.
Everything we cook is homestyle, and none of it is pork. Turkey sausage on the taco bar, beef bacon on the buffet, salmon cakes and crab cakes where you’d expect them. Our vegan overnight oats, vegetable Alfredo pasta and savory greens mean the table works for everybody, without giving up the soul of the food.
Old Bay shows up everywhere it should. The chicken salad is a Baltimore chicken salad. The potato salad is Nana’s.
Built for Baltimore.
In 2025 the Greater Baltimore Urban League chose Pete’s Kitchen as one of eight businesses for its Restaurant Accelerator Program, sponsored by the Pepsi Foundation, with grant funding and business coaching. We started as a breakfast pickup and delivery kitchen on South Central Avenue. Today we cater breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner and events across the Baltimore area.
Next: a brick-and-mortar home where people can gather, and a team of Baltimore residents who grow with the business.
Also in the family
Sweets by Pete is our sister bakery. Its cupcakes are the dessert add-on on our dinner menu, and the reason there’s always something sweet at the end of a Pete’s Kitchen table. They handle dessert tables and wedding sweets.
Ready when you are
Let’s cater your next event.
Tell us the date, the headcount and the meal. We’ll come back with a menu and a quote. The earlier you reach out, the more we can do.