Here are seven of the best things that happened in the kitchen this year:

#1 Graduations

While it’s bittersweet when our members “graduate” from Garden State Kitchen into their own spaces, it’s truly a reason to celebrate their success. Join us in congratulating – and supporting – these businesses who opened doors in 2022:

• Puras Paletas, West Orange, NJ
• BelleJohns’ Soul Food, West Orange, NJ
• With a Touch of Love, Montclair, NJ

#2 New Members

For every entrepreneur who moves on, we are fortunate to count a new company as a member! Check out three of the small food businesses who joined the Garden State Kitchen community in 2022:

• A Butter Life
• Plant Based Planet
• Bobey Lou

#3 Community Partnerships

We’re excited to be working with the Community Food Bank of New Jersey on a variety of initiatives in 2023! Save the date for our first co-hosted event, a fundraiser for the food bank at Garden State Kitchen on 2/11/23, 11am-3pm. 

#4 Website Redesign

We’re super proud of our updated site, and we hope you like it too. 

#5 The Formula Re-launch

We created a 100% online version of our signature workshop series, The Formula. We have great a year of programming planned, starting with How to Sell Your Food at Farmers Markets, Pop Ups, & Events on 1/18/23. Learn more here.

#6 Team Building

The Garden State Kitchen team is the best! This year we celebrated together at an ice cream social. Check out this photo of the event – and give us a follow while you’re there.

#7 Better Dish Soap 

Yes, we said soap. This may seem like a small thing, but we always strive to find better, more cost-effective, and more efficient ways to serve our members, so every little bit helps. Don’t forget: WE DO THE DISHES! That’s right, we are the only full-service kitchen in the region, meaning we handle all of the dishes and cleaning for you, so soap matters a great deal to us. 

Happy New Year! We hope to see you in the kitchen soon!

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If you own a small food business and are looking for production space, Garden State Kitchen may be a good fit. It is for A’jar Sweet Cream Factory, shown above at their retail location in the American Dream Mall. This family owned and operated dessert-in-a-jar bakery makes creamy sweets from famliy recipes enjoyed for generations. With everything made by hand, our commercial baking kitchens have just what they need. Take a tour and see how professional cooking space for rent by the hour can help you too.

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With six different kitchens for rent by the hour 24/7/365, we’re here when you need us, for as long as you need us. With no monthly fees or minimums, Garden State Kitchen offers an easy, low-risk way to start or keep your small food business growing. Here’s how some of our members do it: 

🚚 Prep for a Food Truck Event

Mezoco, Tio Eddy’s, The Pincho Truck, are just a few of the food truck businesses that chop, cook, and store their prep at Garden State Kitchen. Space is tight inside the truck, so they use our kitchens and walk-in refrigeration to set themselves up for success.

🧁 Extra Space for Restaurateurs Who Cater Special Events

Some of the entrepreneurs who rent space at Garden State Kitchen own restaurants. Jersey City favorite Krewe preps for private special events in one of our large catering kitchens. The extra space helps them get the job done without interrupting regular restaurant service.

👩🏾‍🍳 Keep Baking When You Are Between Kitchens

When vegan dessert wholesalers Keeping You Sweet suddenly lost access to their commercial kitchen, it was easy to slide into Garden State Kitchen’s commercial baking kitchen. It took one day to transfer paperwork and get back to fulfilling orders for Whole Foods.

Do you need extra space to cook or prep? We can help!

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