About Us

A real kitchen, with a real story.

It all started with Christine.

Since 2015Cooking in Rancho Cucamonga
ThousandsOf SoCal meals every week
100% in-houseCooked, packed, delivered
Owner-runEvery menu personally approved
Christine cooking fresh meals in the MHP kitchen
Our story

It started with a wake-up call.

In 2015, a doctor's visit pushed our founder, Christine, to take her health seriously, so she could be there for her kids. She started cooking her own meals and sharing the journey out loud. People started asking if she'd cook for them too.

What began on a small stove and a backyard BBQ in her apartment outgrew the space almost immediately. It moved into a shared commercial kitchen, then into a compliant facility she built from the ground up. No investor handed her a playbook, just years of early mornings and a stubborn refusal to cut corners as the orders multiplied. Today that same kitchen feeds thousands of Southern California households every single week.

Why it matters for your workplace

The opposite of a faceless food vendor.

A workplace food program lives or dies on whether someone reliably shows up, every week, with food people actually want to eat. That's a very different promise from a local kitchen than from an app.

  • A name on the door. A real owner and kitchen, not a support ticket.
  • Nothing outsourced. We cook, pack, label, and deliver under one roof.
  • Local, not national. Your Inland Empire neighbors, not a frozen-food shipper.
  • Built to last. A decade in, thousands of meals a week, scaled the careful way.
The journey

From a BBQ to your break room.

  1. 2015

    The first meals

    Christine starts cooking healthy meals for herself and sharing the journey. Demand follows almost immediately.

  2. 2016

    Apartment to commercial kitchen

    What starts on a home stove and a backyard BBQ moves into a shared commercial kitchen to keep up with orders.

  3. 2020–22

    A facility of our own

    MHP builds a compliant kitchen from the ground up and moves into its own Rancho Cucamonga home.

  4. 2023

    Recognized

    Christine is named Top Female Entrepreneur of the Year at the Spirit Awards.

  5. 2025

    Sealed for freshness

    New meal-sealing technology extends freshness and helps the food travel even better.

  6. Today

    MHP Food Service

    The same kitchen, now built for the workplace, feeding Inland Empire teams three different ways.

Christine Lopez, founder of My Healthy Penguin, holding her Spirit Awards Top Female Entrepreneur of the Year trophy
Founder

Still led by Christine.

The standard started with Christine. The mission keeps growing.

What Christine built more than a decade ago has grown into a local food service company trusted across Southern California. As My Healthy Penguin reaches more people, more workplaces, and more communities, her standard remains at the center of it all: real food, consistent quality, and service people can rely on.

  • Founded by Christine Lopez
  • Spirit Awards Top Female Entrepreneur of the Year
Why a penguin?

Because this was always about family.

The name came from Christine's kids, a reminder that this all started as a way to be healthier for the people she loves. That home-cooked feeling is still the bar every meal has to clear, whether it is headed to a family's fridge or a company break room. Good food, made by people who care, for people you care about. It is a little warmer than what most food vendors are selling, and that is on purpose.

Coworkers eating fresh MHP meals together at work
The next chapter

A second company, built for the workplace.

We built MHP Food Service, the workplace arm of My Healthy Penguin. Same kitchen, same standards, now sized for teams. We bring three formats to Inland Empire workplaces so food just shows up, no matter how your team works.

  • Daily Drop-Off Lunch Buffet
  • Smart Fridge
  • Weekly Team Meal Delivery
Explore our programs
Testimonials

Real teams, Real partners.

Real words from our partners we prepare for every week.

★★★★★
“Thank you for your assistance with this service! I continue to receive positive feedback every day about your services.”
Lt. Kristina CochranSanta Monica Police Department
★★★★★
“We're on our second agreement with MHP. The team adapts to our headcount changes, works with us on menu adjustments, and shows up consistently every week. One of the easier vendor relationships we've had.”
Diana De AlbaHuman Resources
★★★★★
“The fridge seems like a hit here! Everyone loves it and it's such a great option for staff to have a healthy meal on site.”
Spencer LovittFacilities Coordinator

Bring real food to your team.