Have a favorite recipe that you’d like to try turning into a commercial enterprise? Want to try your hand at selling homemade salsa or caramels? Or do you already make a food product out of your home kitchen but are looking to expand beyond the Minnesota state restrictions for home-based food businesses? Then you might need an incubator kitchen. An incubator kitchen, also called a culinary incubator or shared kitchen, is a full commercial kitchen rented either by the hour or day. Typically the kitchen includes locked storage space for supplies and/or finished product. The user needs to obtain his/her own licensure from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture or Health depending on the product being produced, and provide a certificate of liability insurance.
Below is information about two such kitchens in Southern Minnesota.