Kitchen Inc wants to provide you with all the information you need to start your business. Our proprietary Client Guides explain how to do business with Kitchen Incubator and walk you through the process of obtaining all of the necessary government permits and other documents required by the State of Texas and City of Houston.
Getting Started
Please read through our Getting Started Guide first to familiarize yourself with our requirements and understand how the process works. The Guide references a number of more detailed guides that you can find in the Resources below.
The second step is to read our Policy Guidebook, which explains all of our policies in detail. Once you understand the Policy Guidebook, you can sign the Licensing Agreement stating that you agree to our policies and you are ready to proceed to New Client Registration!
Business Insurance
Kitchen Inc recommends Scott Mcnab State Farm for your insurance needs. Help us out by working with an insurance agent that understands our business so save us all time and money!
Our Guides
We trust that you will find the answers to all of your questions about starting your food business in our series of Client Guides, written by Kitchen Inc just for you. We are constantly updating our guides based on the questions that you ask, so please do not hesitate to post up in the Community boards or send us an e-mail.
Our Guides are copywrited and not available for use by any other organization. However, if you would like to purchase any of these guides for commercial distribution or use by your organization, simply send us an email with a description of your needs to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Guide to Starting a Culinary Business
Guide to Starting a Mobile Food Business (Food Truck)
Guide to Selling Through Distributors by Komida
Forms
We have also included a number of Forms for various licenses and permits that you may need to use. Most of these applications are available online, with links provided, but we felt it might be helpful to see the form prior to accessing the application.
Application for Texas Food Manufacturer's Permit
Additional Resources
Shared-use kitchen owners and prospective developers should see the following for essential industry information:
Google Knol on Kitchen Incubators
Facebook Group for Shared Use Kitchens