Commissary Kitchen Rental

Are you a culinary entrepreneur ready to break into the exciting field of hand crafted, artisanal, gourmet, or specialty foods, but need a commercial kitchen to prepare them?

Jersey Girl Cafe might be able to help you out.

Commissary Kitchen Agreement: Jersey Girl Cafe is able to support food businesses needing a commissary for prep, clean-up or waste disposal.

• $350 annual fee.

• electronic copies of the Retail Food Establishment License and Health Department Reports will be provided for the year(s) covered by the commissary kitchen agreement

• completion of the Commissary Kitchen section of any applications for events or off-site locations

• Required Documentation:

  • $1M liability insurance

  • Current Safe Food Handler (ServSafe) certification

  • Federal EIN letter (from IRS)

  • NJ Certificate of Authority (authorizes your business to collect NJ sales tax)

Kitchen Use: The Cafe kitchen is available for rental after operating hours:

• Tuesday - Friday - after 8:30pm

• Saturday & Sunday - after 4:30pm

• Advance reservation of the kitchen is required

• Paid Commissary Kitchen Agreement

• Registration with Hamilton Township Health Department

• $250 security deposit

• Completed rental agreement

• Rate: $100 for up to 4 hours, $25/hour for additional time

Available Equipment:

• 6 burner stove, flat top grill, double oven, 2 deep fryer, convection oven

• commercial countertop Hobart style mixer

• work tables, baking sheets

• walk in refrigerator to chill product

• limited overnight use of walk-in refrigerator, freezer for an extra charge

Not included:

• no dry storage

• no overnight parking

• no use of disposables (e.g. parchment paper, food containers)

• no use of cafe food products or small wares

• Jersey Girl Cafe’s commercial kitchen is not licensed for canning / bottling processes

Contact owner, Chef Kathy, at 609-838-9799 to schedule a walk-through of the kitchen.