So You Want to Start a Food Business?

April 13, 2016 / Small Business

Turn your culinary talent into a viable business with Prep for Success, a course for early-stage foodpreneurs.

Learn to define and strengthen your concept, scale your recipe, produce and package safely, navigate permitting and compliance, explore funding options, and formalize your business.

The five week course is offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6-9PM beginning May 17 at HBK Incubates, 1580 Park Avenue. For more information and to sign up, email incubator@hotbreadkitchen.org with subject line ‘Prep for Success.’

“Before starting Mini Melanie, I worked in male-dominated kitchens—it was a struggle. I chose to start Mini Melanie in the Hot Bread Kitchen incubator because I knew it would be a place where I'd feel comfortable and supported.”

Melanie Moss, Co-Founder Mini Melanie, Hot Bread Kitchen Incubator Alumna

“Now I have a much clearer idea of where I want my business to go. I know where I want to focus my energy.”

JESSIE, JESSIE’S NUTTY CUPS, Hot Bread Kitchen Incubator Alumna

“I hope to learn more, and one day, to become a boss. I am courageous and want to become more like my supervisors.”

Alimata, Hot Bread Kitchen Workforce Alumna

“Hot Bread Kitchen took something I never thought I could succeed in and made it a lucrative career for me.”

Lydia Rivera, Hot Bread Kitchen workforce alumna

"I feel so lucky and blessed since I met the dynamic team of Hot Bread Kitchen. It is as if I had found the support of my family I left in Africa."

Cynthia, Hot Bread Kitchen Workforce Alumna

“Hot Bread Kitchen’s Incubator gave us a shot when we needed one and provided a positive, clean, functional space to start our business. It’s hard to say what our trajectory would have been without them.”

JEN AND JEFF MARTIN, PIPSNACKS, Hot Bread Kitchen Incubator Alumni

"At Hot Bread Kitchen, I learned to be myself and take care of my family. I learned to be confident."

Rokhaya Gueye, Hot Bread Kitchen Workforce Alumna