What is an incubator kitchen?
Whidbey Kitchen will be an incubator kitchen, providing an opportunity for a food business to get started and become established. It will be a shared, fully-licensed commercial kitchen space with professional equipment, cold & dry storage, and affordable rental rates.
An incubator kitchen allows you to launch your business with less risk and lower start-up costs. Makers of jams, sauces, baked goods, spice mixes/rubs, catered meals, and more will be able to benefit from Whidbey Kitchen. Farmers needing to process fresh produce or contemplating value added food production will find what they need in this facility.
As an incubator, we will also offer classes and technical assistance from food business experts for new food entrepreneurs. Goosefoot and Whidbey Kitchen will provide "how-to" workshops covering food licensing requirements, product development and marketing, pricing, and more.
Whidbey Kitchen General Info
After delays due to higher than expected construction costs, we are back on track and moving forward. If you’d like to receive kitchen updates, please fill out our kitchen survey. Thank you for your patience.
Our facility will be available to rent on an hourly basis, 24/7. Discount packages will be available for heavy users. There will be additional charges for cold and dry storage.
Whidbey Kitchen will be staffed by a part-time kitchen manager. Clients will sign usage contracts and be expected to adhere to professional standards and behaviors.
Whidbey Kitchen looks forward to scheduling opportunities for kitchen users to gather over coffee (or wine!) to exchange information and resources. Who knows what creative collaborations will come about as a result!
Whidbey Kitchen Equipment
We will offer a full complement of commercial quality equipment geared towards value added food producers and other food businesses.
"Wet" Kitchen Equipment
6-burner gas range with oven
Double deck convection oven
Steam jacketed kettle
Food processor
10 qt. planetary mixer
Oversize stock pots
Immersion blender
Scale
Reach-in refrigerator
Reach-in freezer
Baking Kitchen Equipment
Double deck convection oven
Single deck convection oven
Proofer
40 qt. planetary mixer
10 qt. planetary mixer
Countertop induction range
Scale
Wood topped work table
Reach-in refrigerator
Reach-in freezer
Additional Equipment & Notes
10 x 10 walk-in cooler*
Baking pans
Sheet pan racks
Dry storage space
*Please contact us if you will need freezer space as we are unable to provide a walk-in freezer but may be able to rent storage space for personal equipment.
Take our commercial kitchen survey here!
Let us know what you'd like to produce and how often you think you'll use the kitchen.
