Get Started at
The Starting Block

Are you looking for a fully-equipped, shared commercial kitchen to get your product started in?

We are the place for you!

Come talk to us about how your favorite recipe can become a profitable, wealth-creating business.

Start Using the Incubator Kitchen:

Follow and complete the steps on

The Starting Block Application Guide.

The steps include:

1. Have completed label reviewed.

-MDA Food Labeling Guide

-Food Label Request Form

2. Food and Equipment Safety and Sanitation Introduction at The Starting Block.

-Fill out Starting Block Orientation Packet.

-Meet with Kitchen Manager

3. Obtain a Michigan Department of Agriculture Food Establishment License.

4. Complete FDA Registration of Food Facilities.

5. Obtain proof of insurance.

6. Key deposit of $10 per key.

7. Schedule time to use the kitchen!

Kitchen rates can be found on the about us page.

Start Using the USDA-Inspected Meat Processing Incubator Facility:

Follow and complete the steps on The Starting Block Meat Processing Application Guide.

The steps include:

1. HACCP Plan completion and review.

2. Have completed label reviewed.

3. Food and equipment safety and sanitation at The Starting Block.

-Fill out Starting Block Orientation Packet.

-Meet with Kitchen Manager.

4. Obtain proof of insurance.

5. Key deposit of $10 per key.

6. Notify USDA inspector of production dates.

7. Schedule time to use the kitchen!

Visit our About Us page to see a bulleted list of our premier services. In addition to the kitchens we have office space, internet, and everything you will need to help make your new project a success or to help grow your existing business.