Hot Bread Kitchen’s small business programs support aspiring entrepreneurs and current business owners run and grow their enterprises within NYC’s thriving food industry. Our HBK Incubates: Start program is specifically designed to provide eligible businesses with a subsidized licensed commercial kitchen space where entrepreneurs can produce their food product. Entrepreneurs in this program also have access to tools and resources to test their business model.
We’re excited to welcome these entrepreneurs to the 2024 cohort!
Tiffany Gordon – Secret Vegan Kitchen
Specializing in 100% vegan comfort food, Secret Vegan Kitchen is a food pop-up and catering business. Menu highlights include vegan versions of classic favorites such as fried chicken, corndogs, mac & cheese, and more!
Follow @secretvegankitchen on Instagram.
Keesha O’ Galdez – Live Loud Foods
Live Loud Foods is on a mission to elevate menus and delight customers taste buds with their gourmet candied and spiced nut mixes. The Candied Citrus Pistachios and Caribbean Jerked Mixed Nuts are not to be missed!
Follow @live.loud.foods on Instagram.
Jessica Ortiz – A Jess Cookie
A Nuyorican cookie company, founder Jess creates unique and delicious cookies inspired by her heritage and NYC. Bestsellers include a shortbread cookie with a homemade guava-strawberry jam and dulce de leche cookies.
Follow @ajesscookie on Instagram.
Shelly Flash – 2 Girls & A Cookshop
2 Girls & A Cookshop serves Jamaican Tacos and Diasporic Street Food, inspired by the vibrant cookshops of Jamaica and the cultural melting pot of New York. They are best known for their Jerk Chicken Dinner Taco, which includes jerk chicken, coconut rice, black beans, sweet plantain, pickled slaw, chipotle aioli, and jerk sour cream! You can find 2 Girls & A Cookshop every Sunday at Smorgasburg Prospect Park.
Follow @2girlscookshop on Instagram.
Lena Derisavifard – BiBi Bakery
BiBi Bakery reimagines Iranian flavors and desserts in hopes of creating community and connection. Menu highlights include chocolate barberry cookie and cardamom rose baklava. You can find BiBi Bakery every Sunday at Smorgasburg Prospect Park.
Follow @bibibakerynyc on Instagram.
Maria Allauca – Maluli’s Kitchen
Maluli’s Kitchen specializes in custom cakes and Latin American pastries. and One of their signature treats are alfajores, which are a type of cookie traditionally made in parts of South America, including Maria’s home country of Ecuador!
Follow @maluliskitchen on Instagram.
