Rent a Kitchen, From Unemployed to Rental Cook
What pushed Priscilla Maddox was the relentless smell of vanilla.
Maddox was toying with launching a cookie line after retiring from her 36-year hospital care job, but was overwhelmed by the vanilla smell in her apartment. When she couldn’t find a kitchen to rent, she started a rent-a-kitchen that has become a small-business incubator for everyone from a fudge maker to a twosome baking gourmet dog food.
Across the country, from Austin to Los Angeles to Chicago, renting commercial kitchens by the hour has become a cottage industry. And as the nation’s economy has begun to weaken, many newly-unemployed home cooks are looking to those kitchens for a new line of work. For those that come to Kitchen For Hire, be prepared to get a big serving of advice before you’re allowed to turn on the oven. Maddox is not shy about telling potential customers that their business strategy isn’t right, labels aren’t catchy enough, or the food just isn’t marketable.
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Dana Keith on May 8th, 2008 1:14 am
Such a wise strategy.. But it worked I guess, well she may not make it marketable as of now, but if she really determined on doing so, then nothing is impossible about it.
Michael on December 15th, 2008 2:42 pm
There are plenty of kitchen incubators in the country. There are even a half dozen or so in the Chicago area. CulinaryIncubator.com has full listing of all of them.
katrina on March 24th, 2009 9:19 am
i would love to know about all the listings you have for rent a kitchen in jacksonville florida
Felix on April 3rd, 2009 4:21 pm
Please advise of any availabilities in Miami/Ft lauderdale, Florida
James on July 23rd, 2009 7:23 am
You can also find current listings of kitchens for rent and incubators on commercialkitchenforrent.com. I used the site to find a local kitchen to start a specialty food manufacturing business.
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