Our Story
Two brothers, a lot of jars, and a name from a diary.
This isn't a polished founder bio. It's the honest, slightly chaotic version.
Somewhere in 2020
Gaurav was trying to heal his parents.
Watching his parents cycle through antibiotics, age-related jargon, and half-true home remedies, Gaurav went looking for something gentler. He landed on fermentation.
Around the same time
Vaibhav couldn't unsee the waste
Years in restaurant kitchens had shown him just how much good food gets thrown away. A lifelong notebook-scribbler of food experiments and future project names, he started fermenting scraps that would otherwise hit the bin — peels, pulp, whatever was left over.
What is Odd Fellows?
"Odd Fellows" was already sitting in a diary
It was one of the names Vaibhav had jotted down years earlier — something he knew he'd use for a future project someday. When it came time to name this one, it just fit.
Bacteria and microbes get cast as the villains — misunderstood, feared, wiped out on sight. The odd fellows of the microscopic world. Funky. Odd. Open-ended. All things fermented. The name stuck because we're a bit like that too.
What is Odd Fellows?
Delhi NCR only
Find us on shelves and menus nearby
Beyond the national platforms, Odd Fellows is stocked and served at these local spots — with more added every month.
Two introspective guys, looking at life a little differently — and it fit