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Most home kitchens have the basics — hot and cold running water, a decent floor with solid walls — which can be used for home-based food production. Even a tiny apartment-sized kitchen can work well enough to get you started. (See section 1.1 for how to work in a small space.) If you don’t have a good working stove or refrigerator, it’s still possible to start a business with a product that needs no appliances. Chapter 2 has suggestions to get you started.

I strongly suggest that if you have no food service background but are interested in starting this enterprise, start by using your existing kitchen. Don’t remodel until”1.1 Storage and work space in your home” you are sure that starting a home-based food business is what you want to do.

It’s wonderful to have the ability to earn income just by using your kitchen. Just make sure that you, or anyone else using the kitchen, understand that business foods must be handled differently than personal foods. For example, dipping a finger into the chocolate filling may be tempting, but spreading germs and bacteria can adversely affect your customers. One sick customer can make you a target for the health department and put you out of business.