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Partake Collective was designed to be much more than a set of ghost kitchens, and Luisa Amezcua has demonstrated that concept by launching a night market at the Long Beach […]

Thanksgiving, Christmas, even New Year’s Eve can be a bonanza for caterers and specialty food outlets – but only if they have the capacity to meet demand.  If a catering

Barbecue is a family tradition for Jontrese Wright, and expanding Just Wright BBQ from a microenterprise home kitchen effort to a full-blown business in Long Beach is his dream.  It’s

When cooking food becomes an overwhelming passion, it makes sense to dip your toe into the commercial world, maybe as a pop-up purveyor at businesses, events and farmers markets.  But

Chef Nekia Allen has many knives in her tool kit – meal prep for those who don’t cook, private dining experiences for home parties, grazing tables for large events, in-person

“These are great!” “I bet you could sell these!” “That’s quite a specialty!”  But you have to be able to cook at scale for a business based on a special

You know you’re a good cook and you want to make it your profession – but you want to work for yourself. Catering looks like a good place to start,

Opening a restaurant or other food-related business is hard work; and you didn’t come this far to be met with crickets. So how can you create a brand that customers

If you need a commercial kitchen, but don’t need the overhead of a long-term lease, hourly kitchens are the perfect solution.

Every good chef knows the importance of preparation before starting to cook. The same principles apply to starting your food business.