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Where meals are made.
Cost recovery for the kitchen your facility already operates.
Recreation and community center kitchens are certified, staffed, and idle for most of the operating week. List yours on Food Web and rent it by the hour to licensed food entrepreneurs — measurable cost recovery for your facility budget, with vetting, insurance checks, and payments handled for you.
Why community centers choose Food Web
Center kitchens are built for volume and inspected to commercial standard. Renting the hours between programs turns a fixed cost into recovered budget.
Food Web handles listings, bookings, payments, insurance verification, and documentation — no new permitting workflow for recreation staff to run.
Every booking is documented with monthly statements, so kitchen revenue is easy to report to council, a board, or a funder at budget time.
Hosting food entrepreneurs supports small business creation in your catchment — a food-security and economic-development outcome you can point to.
More than the kitchen
List what makes sense for your space — renters book exactly what they need.
Hourly rental of your certified commercial kitchen during the hours between programs.
Commercial ranges, ovens, and prep equipment are exactly what growing food businesses need.
Rent shelf, fridge, or freezer space to recurring renters who produce weekly.
Rent program rooms and gyms for markets, pop-up dinners, and food skills workshops.
How it works
Photos, equipment, hourly rate — live in minutes. Listing is free; Food Web only takes 12% on completed bookings.
Only evenings? Only Mondays? You control availability, house rules, insurance requirements, and orientation for first-time renters.
Review renter profiles, permits, and insurance documents before you say yes. Your kitchen, your final call.
Payments are processed automatically and deposited within 48 hours, with monthly reports ready for tax season.
Start listingEvery hour you rent keeps money, meals, and skills in your local food economy — and helps a food entrepreneur cook legally. That's the web working.
Everything recreation directors and facility managers ask before listing
It is the hourly rental of a community or recreation center’s certified commercial kitchen to licensed food entrepreneurs during hours the facility is not running its own programs. The center keeps full control of the calendar and approves each booking.
Yes. You publish only the hours you want to rent, and you can block off programming, camps, holidays, and facility maintenance at any time.
Farmers' market vendors, small caterers, meal prep services, and cooking instructors — typically booking recurring weekly slots. You review every profile and approve every booking.
Nothing. There is no listing fee — Food Web takes 12% of completed bookings, the lowest among kitchen-sharing platforms. You keep 88% of every dollar earned.
Payments are processed automatically and deposited to your account within 48 hours of each completed booking, with detailed monthly reports for taxes and treasurers.
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Book a free 15-minute demo and we'll show you exactly how Food Web turns your unused kitchen hours into a reliable income stream.
