You cook and sell eight seats, a story, a farm list under cottage-food, shared-kitchen, or pop-up rules. Customers pay per item, preorder, stall, or a small catering account — not a full restaurant.
This is a tiny food business. You cook, pack, and sell one tight offer: eight seats, a story, a farm list. You get paid per item, preorder, market stall, or a small catering account. Permits and a kitchen share usually cost more than pretty gear. A normal week is shopping, a short production block, sanitation, and one sales window (pickup, stall, or drop-off). Keep the menu tiny and the hours finite. Taste is required; logistics pay the rent.
Home kitchen you already have + packaging + a cottage-food or temporary-food permit. Many U.S. states charge $0–$150 for the permit itself (USDA / state cottage-food maps). First market or prepaid batch often 3–8 weeks.
Each required material has a matching shop listing — photo, price, and a way to add it to the cart.
Licensed space or cottage-legal home
Licensed kitchen intro
A cottage-food and licensed-kitchen intro: what your county actually asks, plus a kitchen-share contact sheet. Intake, not a health permit.
Core equipment
One-person kitchen equipment kit
One-person kitchen equipment kit. Core pans, a scale, thermometer, and knives for a ghost kitchen or supper club of one. Equipment, not a commercial line.
Packaging
Shipping mailer pack
Shipping mailer pack. A bundle of padded mailers and tape sized for crafts and food-safe dry goods. Packaging, not postage.
Cooler/transport
Cooler
A hard cooler for market days and short hops. Ice-ready, drain plug, not a freezer van.
POS or envelope
Market POS or cash-envelope kit
Market POS or cash-envelope kit. A card reader pouch, a cash envelope, and a simple tally sheet for food stalls. Reader-ready kit — the processor account is yours.
Public examples matched to this path by what they actually publish — not endorsements, and not a claim they run this exact shop. Handles change. Verify before you write to anyone.
Platforms on this card: Reddit.
Mira Chen left salaried work and now coaches this craft. Book a slot for a tailored plan, a starter kit list, and follow-up support.
Neighborhood Sauce CSA
Cook one sauce and sell jars as a neighborhood CSA
Neighborhood Sauce CSA
Cook one sauce and sell jars as a neighborhood CSA
You cook one sauce and sell jars as a neighborhood CSA. Customers pay per item, preorder, stall, or a small catering account.
Minimum initial capital Minimum initial capital $80
Pizza in a Shed
Cook and sell a real oven, a night or two a week
Pizza in a Shed
Cook and sell a real oven, a night or two a week
You cook and sell a real oven, a night or two a week under cottage-food, shared-kitchen, or pop-up rules. Customers pay per item, preorder, stall, or a small catering account — not a full restaurant.
Minimum initial capital Minimum initial capital $3,000
Cooking for New Parents
Cook and sell freezer meals with a drop-off ritual
Cooking for New Parents
Cook and sell freezer meals with a drop-off ritual
You cook and sell freezer meals with a drop-off ritual under cottage-food, shared-kitchen, or pop-up rules. Customers pay per item, preorder, stall, or a small catering account — not a full restaurant.
Minimum initial capital Minimum initial capital $200
