shared use community kitchen
the food hub is home to Ireland’s first time-share community production & training kitchen which acts as an important first step for emerging food companies. It is a unique way to provide aspiring food entrepreneurs with time-share access to production facilities and the opportunity to start and expand specialty food and catering businesses without the prohibitive cost of building their own commercial kitchen. It is available for hire 7 days a week from 7am to 11pm at very reasonable hourly or daily rates.
Current clients of this service include a chocolate maker, vegetarian food producer selling through Farmers Markets, boxty producers, sauce producer and artisan bakers.
The facility doubles as a training kitchen for specialist food and hospitality training courses and is utilised by Failte Ireland, Rural Food Skillnet, BMW Smallholders Skillnet, Irish Egg Chain Supply Skillnet, Leitrim Development Company and a private cookery school amongst others.
The Shared use community kitchen is part of the Food Hub’s unique and compelling features. It is equipped with the following equipment :-
