OmNom
Can everyday spaces become places of connection and reflection?
The Question Behind the Project
Culture is often shaped through the places where people naturally gather. Conversations happen around food. Friendships form through shared experiences. Communities develop through spaces people return to.
In modern life, many of these environments exist primarily around consumption. Restaurants, cafés and public spaces influence how people spend their time, but they are not always designed around deeper questions of connection, reflection or meaning. OmNom emerged from an exploration of whether a different kind of space was possible. Could an everyday setting become an introduction to something deeper?
The Idea in Practice
OmNom was created as a meeting point between contemporary culture and ancient wisdom traditions. Through food, events, music and shared experiences, the project explores how people might encounter spiritual ideas in environments that feel natural, welcoming and relevant to modern life.
The intention is not to disguise tradition or remove its roots, but to create conditions where people can approach it through genuine experience. A meal, a conversation or an evening of kirtan can become an opening – not through persuasion, but through participation.
Continuing Work
OmNom continues to develop as a space for food, community and spiritual culture, with locations and gatherings creating opportunities for people to engage with practices and ideas that might otherwise feel distant from everyday life.
Its events programme has helped introduce wider audiences to practices such as kirtan, creating new points of connection between traditional forms and contemporary settings.
Project Details
Area: Culture, food & community
Origin: Exploring how spiritual culture can have a meaningful presence within contemporary public spaces
Role: Founder
Spaces: London, Birmingham
Focus: Vegetarian and vegan food, kirtan, events and community gatherings