Powell, an award-winning restaurateur, has been featured on The Food Network on various shows such as Supermarket Stakes, Cooks and Cons and several episodes of The Phantom Gourmet. The Culinary Incubator has 15 active members and a few seasonal members, including a couple of food trucks, bakers, caterers, a member who makes spiced nuts and one who makes puffed quinoa, Davey said. Here's what some Culinary Incubator members say about the service Once a product is ready for sale, the organization helps with obtaining a food permit, insurance and the required certifications. “How do you know how many calories a food item has? We help with budgets to figure out the cost of items,” Davey said. It also helps create a logo for the product, design a label with all the nutritional information. Once that is completed, the Culinary Incubator coaches them through the marketing process. The basic kitchen rental is mainly for developing ideas and the product. Rowland said it is a great “jumping board” for people considering having a business to put their products out. “It is such a great opportunity for people to get into this business without having to mortgage their house,” he said. Powell said that the cost of working in and renting a commercial kitchen to start a business can be as high as $1 million to $1.5 million. Former Cape man’s marathon touches familiar places More: Going the distance in honor of dad. That may seem like a lot, but Davey said to rent kitchen space at other facilities costs could start at $2,000 per month and with other expenses as high as $4,000 per month. “The startup costs are from about $550 to $1,000 as opposed to doing it on your own,” Davey said. If more time is needed in the kitchen there are various packages: for 10 hours it costs $250 to rent, for 20 hours, $500 and for 40 hours, $850. Members pay a $50 per month membership fee and can rent kitchen space for $35 per hour. What does it cost to be part of the Culinary Incubator? It also includes proofing and baking ovens, a steam oven, a six-burner gas range, a 30-gallon steam kettle, a tilt skillet and braiser, a griddle, fryolators and a walk-in cooler and freezer to rent to members. The Culinary Incubator now has a 1,500-square-foot kitchen that has double-stacked convection ovens. In May, the incubator started to provide tours and member orientation sessions before relaunching in June. Then when KAM moved to its current facility at 6 Aggregate Way, it rented kitchen space to the incubator. “It helped us to build up the organization and get some name recognition and to establish a relationship with KAM Appliances,” Davey said. The corporation did not have a kitchen until 2017 when KAM Appliances, then at the corner of Route 28 and Willow Street, allowed the incubator to use some of its kitchen appliances to host cooking classes to raise funds. What facilities are available to food entrepreneurs? Like its clients, the Cape Cod Culinary Incubator, previously known as the Commercial Kitchen Cooperative of Cape Cod, started with an idea − Hill’s vision back in 2013.įor the past nine years, that idea has gradually grown and developed. The incubator also helps entrepreneurs establish culinary businesses such as food trucks and catering. It can help make contacts with farmers markets and grocery stores to identify prospective markets. The Culinary Incubator also assists with networking, helping people make connections with other entrepreneurs and with other businesses. More: Here's where they're making the best apple cider doughnuts on Cape Cod "We coach people through the whole process.” “We help develop the products for marketing from the branding, labeling, packaging to obtaining the wholesale permits and the retail permits," Davey said. The Cape Cod Culinary Incubator was founded by Lee Hill in 2013 with the vision of providing a place where food entrepreneurs could produce food products for sale, Board President Linda Davey said.įor example, if somebody has a recipe for their grandmother’s spaghetti sauce or a special chocolate chip cookie that friends said they should market, the Culinary Incubator gives them the opportunity to develop the product and guidance on how to market it, she said. What does Cape Cod Culinary Incubator do? Established food businesses like Powell’s and Rowland's can also find a convenient space to create their culinary specialties. The nonprofit provides opportunities for culinary entrepreneurship by renting kitchen space at the facility for members to develop ideas for food products or food-related businesses. More: Don't want to cook? 10 Cape Cod restaurants serving Thanksgiving holiday meals (and make reservations now!)
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