Upohar is a Lancaster-based caterer, offering unique multicultural menus and customizable service packages. We are proud to be a minority woman-owned business!
06/23/2025
Enjoy our unique and memorable catering at The Edible Classroom's Garden Party Soiree fundraising event on Friday, July 11, 2025!
Time is running out to purchase your tickets to the Garden Party Soiree Fundraiser!
🗓: Friday, July 11th
⏰: 6pm - 7:30pm
🌱: Lafayette Elementary School Garden
🎟 Tickets: https://bit.ly/4jo6x32. Purchase by THIS Thursday, June 26!
✨ Sip on refreshing herbal mocktails
🎶 Enjoy live music
🖼️ Bid on unique silent auction items
🍴 Savor hearty hors d’oeuvres from Upohar World Kitchen
🌱 Taste favorite Edible Classroom recipes
🤝 Learn how you can shape your community’s future through garden-based learning!
Thank you, students, for this awesome video!
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06/04/2025
We've noticed that finding the right caterer for large events can become a stressful process for some people. We've summed up our years of experience in an article to help you narrow your search and find a caterer who will meet your priorities and leave you feeling great about your event. Click below for our best tips:
If you’re looking for a fully gluten-free catering menu for your special event, there's a world of options waiting for you!
05/09/2025
Upohar World Kitchen was founded with the intention of celebrating diverse cultures and food, and elevating the underrepresented people that prepare them. Thanks Lancaster Chamber for sharing our story!
For Srirupa Dasgupta, food is about more than just flavor. It’s about the people who make it—the stories, skills, and traditions imbued in every dish. 🤗
With this week's Digital Article, dive into the journey of how Upohar expanded the presence of multicultural food in Lancaster Catering! 🍴
Considering a food truck wedding? Or wondering how much it costs to have a catered food truck event? Or how food truck catering works? Here are answers to the most common questions we get about this topic!
If you’re looking for a fully gluten-free catering menu for your special event, there's a world of options waiting for you!
04/01/2025
Upohar has always been about more than just food. "Upohar" means gift in Bengali—and over the years, we've seen that gift show up in many forms.
For our team, especially the young people who join us during their high school years, it's the gift of confidence, mentorship, and the chance to grow into their own as young professionals.
Read about the journey of a few of our teens and their supervisor
Come and grow your career with our diverse team! Learn about who we are & what the job entails, and start your application today.
01/21/2025
If you're planning a wedding, join us at the 8th annual Melhorn Manor open house this coming Sunday, January 21! Get your tickets below.
Come check out the beautiful Melhorn Manor at our 8th Annual Open House - it's the perfect opportunity to explore the venue and envision you
01/07/2025
Are you planning a wedding? Or know someone who is? Check out this great resource!
Want to be a CPAWS VIP Couple? You still can, even if you've already purchased tickets!
Up for grabs:
5 VIP experience packages that include $200 in credit to SymbolizeIt.com for wedding essentials, exclusive early access to the show of your choice, and a free set of wedding bands courtesy of Bridal Registry!
Here's how to enter:
1. Like and share this post each day (1 entry each day)
2. Tag friends in the comments (1 entry for each friend tagged, each day)
3. Watch for us to draw winners on Saturday, January 11, 2025!
Join us this winter all over Central PA and grab your chance at $1000s in cash and prizes!
Special incentives when you join us at the show:
✅ Free wedding bands for each couple
✅ Show discounts & specials
✅ Show booking vouchers for wedding essentials
Show sponsors:
HD Entertainment, LLC
FX Photo Booths
Ryan Planning Plus
Eden Resort & Suites
Toftrees Golf Resort
The Yorktowne Hotel
Inn at Herr Ridge
Mount Hope Estate
Englewood Hershey
Susquehanna Style
01/01/2025
As we wrap up another year of navigating the unexpected, I hope that 2025 is filled with new possibilities for each of us to explore.
Happy new year!
Sri
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UpoharEthnicCuisines.com
11/23/2024
Meet Alicia Miller, chef and owner of The Pulse Cafe (thepulsecafe.net). She specializes in Trinidadian food and has an extensive repertoire.
Pictured here are components for the famous Trini Doubles: Bara (fried flatbread), Alu-Chana (chickpeas), Cucumber relish and tamarind chutney. You make a sandwich with 2 baras, filled with chickpeas, relish and chutney. Like a street taco, it’s flavorful, messy and oh so delicious 😋
Also shown here are some dinner menu items: Trini chicken curry, Pumpkin Talkari with roasted garlic, Jasmine Rice and Trini Paratha. Add cucumber salsa or Trini salad (not shown) to complete your plate.
If you’re looking for a regional dessert, Alicia’s rum cake, moist and boozy, would be a perfect fit 😊
Contact us if you want to serve delicious food from Trinidad (or other Caribbean islands) at your next event -- we'll bring in the expert!
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UpoharEthnicCuisines.com
11/18/2024
Thank-you notes from our happy clients affirm the value we provide, and make us happy too!
😊 Unique personalized menus your guests will rave about
😊 Prompt customized services to meet your specific needs
😊 Attentive staff for a stress-free experience
What can we do for you?
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UpoharEthnicCuisines.com
11/11/2024
We were delighted for the opportunity to cater this event featuring authentic Ethiopian food:
- Assorted sambusa (savory turnovers filled with either beef or lentils)
- Minchet Abish (ground beef stew)
- Yekik Alicha (yellow split pea stew)
- Injera (Ethiopian fermented crepe-like flatbread)
Other menu items included:
- Hummus & Crudités Display
- Fresh Fruit Display
- Hot Coffee Station
Browse our website for other multicultural menus. Or, let us design a personalized menu for your event.
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UpoharEthnicCuisines.com
10/15/2024
Whether it is a tart Iraqi lemonade with orange blossom water and mint, or the North Indian cilantro-mint chutney embellishing your savory samosa, fresh mint adds a brightness to the flavor.
The traditional dishes we feature in the multicultural menus we curate use a wide variety of fresh herbs and aromatic spices to create a sensory food experience.
Say hello to flavor! Let us to cater your special event.
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UpoharEthnicCuisines.com
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Upohar, meaning “gift” in Bengali, was established in 2011 as a social impact catering business in Lancaster, Pa., with a mission to offer the gift of distinctive global cuisine to customers, and the gift of employment opportunity to newly arrived refugees in the city.
Today, Upohar LLC is a certified B Corporation, where customers can affordably dine on global cuisine, celebrate the culture of our staff, and contribute to the lives of people who might otherwise fall through the cracks of our system.
We employ, train, and pay living wages to people experiencing significant barriers to workforce entry (such as newly resettled refugees or people experiencing homelessness), and put them on a path to economic self-sufficiency. We partner with local agencies to provide human services to our employees, to help them be stable and secure in their personal lives.
Our branches are:
Upohar Vegetarian Restaurant -- serves vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free food from all over the world
Global Flavors Catering -- provides full-service catering for corporate or private events, offering global and American cuisine
Christina’s Criollo -- a stand at Lancaster Central Market serving authentic Puerto Rican cuisine
Upohar food truck -- serves global cuisine at large community events and festivals
We strive to be a triple bottom line business that considers the impact on people, planet, and profit when making business decisions. The management team includes Srirupa Dasgupta, founder/owner; and Christina Maldonado, chef/owner.
Visit us at www.UpoharEthnicCuisines.com to learn more.
