FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Things are heating up inside the Treasure Coast Research Park with the opening of the Sunshine Kitchen Food Business Incubator. Located off Kings Highway, the Sunshine Kitchen is a state-of-the-art food incubator where chefs, caters, food truck operators and more can hone their culinary skills.
Operated in partnership with Your Pro Kitchen, this 10,000-square-foot facility is now up and running, providing year-round, 24-hour-a-day access for people to produce, package and market food items.
If you’ve got an amazing home-made mango salsa and you want to develop that into a marketable commodity: Instead of navigating the red tape of health and safety regulations and developing a sales strategy – the Sunshine Kitchen can be your one-stop site to help you focus on creating, packaging and marketing your product.
The Sunshine Kitchen provides all the resources you need to build and operate the business of your dreams whether that’s owning your own restaurant, operating your own food truck or just developing your own beef jerky to sell at farmers’ markets and festivals. The facility is a professionally-equipped, commercially-licensed, multi-station kitchen for professional cooking and baking. The Sunshine Kitchen offers the flexibility to support a variety of needs, including private events, conference and classroom space, classes and bottling and packaging activities.
Located inside the Treasure Coast Research Park, the Sunshine Kitchen, is partnering with St. Lucie County Extension/University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) agents to provide training and classes focused on food safety and preparation.
The Sunshine Kitchen Food Business Incubator is located at 7550 Pruitt Research Center Road, Fort Pierce, FL 34545. For more details visit: www.sunshinekitchenslc.com or contact TCERDA Coordinator Regina McCants at 772-467-3107 or McCantsRe@stlucieco.org.
The Sunshine Kitchen falls under the ownership of the Treasure Coast Education and Research Development Authority and the St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioners. The facility was constructed thanks to $895,000 grant from the U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration.
–St. Lucie Co., Florida
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