With the pandemic increasing the amount of food delivery and hurting restaurants' bottom lines, buzzy ghost kitchens see an opportunity to grow. The category had already attracted a lot of interest, notably from Uber co-founder and former-CEO Travis Kalanick, who launched CloudKitchens in 2016. We compiled 14 of the biggest players in the ghost kitchen world to show the international scope of the budding space. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. The pandemic has closed thousands of restaurants, many for good, while food delivery volume is increasing substantially.