Incubator Kitchen Collective

A Working Community for the Foodpreneur

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Welcome to the Incubator Kitchen Collective

The Incubator Kitchen Collective is a community-driven support system that combines resources, knowledge, and experience to help local food entrepreneurs succeed. We provide education, promote food access, and offer support to our kitchen members and to the community around us.

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Benefits of Membership

Community

You’ll be a part of a working community of like-minded foodpreneurs.

Commercial Equipment

You have full use of our commercial kitchen facilities and high-quality equipment.

Resources

We bring together all the resources you need to build a successful food business.

Support Network

You’ll get the support you need to grow your business the right way.

Business Help

Get the help you need, when you need it. Tap into our years of experience with food startups.

Education

Join our Kitchen Convos and learn more about the complex food and beverage industry.

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Who’s in the Kitchen?

Meet Our Members

Auntie Anne’s
Bay Bay Puree
Black Beauty BBQ
Cate’s Cookie Kitchen
Chloe’s Eatery
Cuban Pete’s Sandwiches
Dada Smokes
Firecracker Bakery
Fork & Pie Bakery
Grandola Granola
Grateful Grahams
Harmony Acres Farm
Harmony Plant Fare
JameriSol
Jo-Made Cookies
Le Pufferie
Lil’s Bagels
Mahope
Midwest Meals
Oakley Urban Farm
Occam Dining
Oh Little Mustard Seed
Ohio Valley Food Connection
Passion In My Pans
Prepped Girl
Power Pack Meals
Quaintrelle Confections
Redneck Hipster Hot Sauce
Russo’s Ravioli
Shaw Black Farms
Smooth Nitro Coffee
Sweet Magma Hot Sauce
Teeny Pies
The Body Bakery
The Pickled Pig
Uncle Adam’s Fudge

Kitchen Convos Ep. 34: Happy Chicks Bakery

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Happy Chicks Bakery owners Jessica Bechtel and Jana Douglass met in 2001 while working together as exhibit designers at a local landmark. It was not a pleasant work environment; the pair was referred to as, “The Painter Chicks,” and it wasn’t a term of endearment. But, as Bechtel says, “It was …

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Kitchen Convos Ep. 33: Elias Leisring

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What can you say about Elias Leisring that hasn't already been said. From Fountain Square to Findlay Market to Riverside Drive and back to Findlay Market, he's created a BBQ empire here in the Queen City. Not satisfied with smoking out the entire town, Eli has has his fingerprints on a variety of …

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Fun Facts

47
Business ideas supported

10,950
Cups of coffee consumed

12,248
Products shipped last year

472,500
Dollars generated last year