Citrus Heights Food Incubator
Everything You Need to Turn Your Culinary Passion Into a Profitable Business
Licensed Commercial Kitchen
Our facility meets all health department standards and provides everything from industrial-grade refrigeration and cooking appliances to prep stations and sanitation systems, ensuring you have professional-grade resources to bring your culinary creations to market.
Strategic Insights
At our food incubator there's no single playbook or definition of success. We tailor our strategic and operational support to each our founder’s ambitions and company. Drawing on experience, pattern recognition and ideas from leading minds, we help to draw a roadmap that’s your-company-specific.
Expert Guidance & Network
From suppliers, to distribution having access to the right person at the right time can be transformative for any food startup. But, it’s particularly critical when they’re growing and scaling a business. When our portfolio companies need introductions – whatever that might look like – we take action personally.
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How Our Food Incubator Works
1. Apply Online
Fill out our short application form below to tell us about your food concept and business goals. We review every application personally and respond within a few business days.
2. Meet & Get Matched
Attend one of our onboarding sessions to meet the team and fellow founders. We'll pair you with a mentor whose expertise aligns with your product category and growth stage.
3. Cook, Scale & Launch
Access our licensed commercial kitchen, strategic mentorship, and supplier network to develop your product, refine your brand, and bring it to market with confidence.
Start Cooking. Start Selling.
A Community Built for Food Founders
Lucian's Food started with a mission: crafting the perfect cookie free of
the
top 15 allergens. From our very first batch, we've devoted ourselves to the baking craft,
combining premium ingredients with passion and precision to create an extraordinary cookie
experience you'll never forget.
Our food incubator enabled Lucian's Food to produce their early cookie batches in a fully
certified commercial kitchen while simultaneously supporting the development of their
business model and go-to-market strategy.
Culinary Staples emerged from a passion for crafting bold, unforgettable
flavors
that elevate any meal into a gastronomic masterpiece. Inspired by Escoffier's mother sauces,
these creations merge timeless tradition with modern culinary innovation to deliver
exceptional,
artisanal sauces that awaken the adventurous food lover within us all.
Through our food incubator program, Culinary Staples Sauces developed, produced, and
successfully brought these sauces to market.
Turn Your Recipe Into a Business