FOOD BUSINESS
Incubating small businesses
WHEDco helps men and women grow successful businesses in the food industry, providing them with the resources they need to gain economic security. Our affordable Commercial Kitchen and our partnership with New York City's Green Cart Program provide avenues towards financial and personal success.
Commercial Kitchen
WHEDco makes affordable commercial kitchen space available to emerging food companies. The state-of-the-art, 4,000 square foot commercial kitchen, located in our flagship building Urban Horizons, is available on a per diem or monthly basis and fees are competitive for longer-term rentals.
Our kitchen is ideal for caterers, bakers and food and beverage manufacturers in need of a fully-equipped commercial kitchen at affordable rates. WHEDco also provides hands-on business development support, including help with marketing and sales. Successful companies have gone on to establish their own kitchens. Manufacturers in our kitchen create, store and pack a variety of specialty food products.
For more information please contact Marcus Gotay, Kitchen Manager:
Tel: 718.839.1198, Fax: 718.732.2685, email:
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Current tenants include:
- Catering by Design - versatile catering for special occasions
- Fine Foods Affairs - American food with French influences
- Green Eats Catering - eco-friendly and health-conscious catering
- Kadosh Foods - traditional Ghanaian dishes
- Mamma Nia's Vegan Bakery - organic vegan baked goods
- Miniature Pastries - French desserts with a healthy twist
- Pie Country - baked goods with locally-grown produce
- Rasol Empanadas - hand-made empanadas with fresh ingredients
- Sheo - homemade soups
- Sofia's Salts and Spices - gourmet finishing salts
- We Rub You - Korean barbeque sauces
Center for an Urban Future reports on WHEDco's kitchen incubation strategy for economic development.
Green Carts
WHEDco nurtures entrepreneurship by assisting residents in opening Green Cart businesses. Our staff offers workshops and technical assistance to prospective Green Cart business owners to ensure that our clients have the information and resources necessary to succeed as food vendors. Further, this initiative increases the community's access to healthy foods.
For more information, please contact Kerry McLean, Director of Community Development, at 718.839.1189 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
