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Finding the Right Kitchen Space for the Specialty Food Business
While regulations vary by state, most states have traditionally not allowed you to manufacture food products at home kitchen if you intend to sell them. Previously couple of years, however, several states have enacted "Cottage Food" laws, whereby set up food producers CAN prepare food items in their homes minus the usual licensing. Each state has its own guidelines regarding which kind of foods are allowed or prohibited, what the labeling requirements are, where these food products can be sold and more. These laws also cap product sales, so once your sales exceed that amount, you feel subject to all the usual regulations.

Your best bet would be to do an online explore "cottage food laws" for more info about the specific rules and laws in your particular state.

Some states with or without cottage food laws may still require your home kitchen meet commercial grade kitchen standards and pass a health department inspection. No one really wants to find dog hair in their food! (In fact, every cottage food state prohibits pets from being in the home.) And even should you be allowed to work with a home kitchen, you may still choose to find a commercial kitchen because it's just more efficient. Once I moved to a kitchen that had the full size commercial ovens, planetary mixer and tons of counter space, there was no going back! It had been so much easier and quicker to create in that environment.

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So where do you look for commercial kitchen space? You have a lot of options. If you are looking, keep an open mind and be ready to be creative. There's really no reason behind you to spend money on creating your own commercial kitchen space at the start up phase (costs can simply reach $50,000 very quickly!) unless you know for certain you have significant production contracts at hand which will justify the large capital outlay necessary.

One choice is to rent space in a kitchen that is already licensed for commercial preparation. kitchen incubator near me have started out using space in a restaurant, working there during the hours the restaurant is closed. Check out restaurants that are open only for breakfast and lunch; maybe you may use their space in the evenings. Talk to area caterers about using their kitchens too. Depending on what kind of catering they do, they could have the equipment you need. Many caterers aren't very busy in their kitchens early in the week, so you could be in there on a Monday or Tuesday.
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