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Le Gourmet Factory, Food Business Incubator
Membership at Le Gourmet Factory

Your membership fee is
your kitchen budget.

Licensed commercial kitchens in Englewood, NJ, open 24/7. Three plans, one rule: every dollar you pay becomes kitchen time you book. Storage and marketing support built in.

See the plans Pick yours in two minutes. Every plan starts with a conversation, not a contract.
Why founders build here

Everything a food business needs under one roof

Six licensed kitchens, 24/7

Prep, bakery, and hot line stations you book by the hour, with keycard access around the clock. Cook at 2pm or 2am, the building is yours.

Zero wasted dollars

Membership here is not rent plus fees. Your full fee converts to booking credit, 1:1, every month. You only ever pay for kitchen you can actually use.

An incubator, not just a kitchen

Onboarding with health department assistance, monthly business consulting, guides, a Digital Growth Audit, and marketing and wholesale programs as you grow.

Shaped in this kitchen

Built with the founders who cook here

These plans were designed from surveys and one-on-one calls with our members. Every piece started as something a working food business asked for.

Already live
Storage costs too much for what it is.
So nowEvery plan includes $100 to $300 of monthly storage credit, with short-term storage available and a lockable cage as the secured option.
Already live
Help us get customers, not just kitchen hours.
So nowMarketing benefits through our partner, a Digital Growth Audit, member spotlights, and wholesale access are part of membership.
Already live
Some months are just slow.
So nowFreeze your membership for $125 a month when you need to. Your spot, keycard, and storage stay yours.

Home to Crisp & Crumble, Delicias Dessert Bar, Puffhaus Sweets, Totally Nutz, and dozens of other food businesses built in Englewood.

How credit works

One budget, your choice of kitchen

1 · Your fee becomes credit

Pay $300, receive $300 to book with. It resets fresh every billing month.

2 · Spend it anywhere

Any of our six kitchens, at that kitchen's hourly rate: $20 prep, $30 bakery, $40 hot line. Nights are 40% off, so night production stretches your credit further.

3 · No hard stop

Credit runs out mid-month? Keep booking at flex rates, 20% above the credit rate, billed the following month. Planned capacity is discounted; flex capacity costs a bit more.

As a reference: Starter's $300 books 15 hours of prep, or 10 hours of bakery, or 7 hours of hot line, day rates. Mix freely until the credit runs out.

The plans

Pick yours

Yearly saves 18%
Tier 1 · Starter

Get into the kitchen

$300 /mo
  • $300 monthly kitchen credit
  • $100 monthly storage credit
  • Facilities access 24/7
  • Onboarding and health dept. assist
  • 1 consulting hour + business guides
  • Digital Growth Audit
Start with Starter
Most members grow here
Tier 2 · Builder

Scale the operation

$600 /mo
  • Everything in Starter, plus:
  • $600 monthly kitchen credit
  • $200 monthly storage credit
  • Wholesale access
  • Marketing benefits through partner
Start with Builder
Tier 3 · Producer

Run a real production line

$1,200 /mo
  • Everything in Builder, plus:
  • $1,200 monthly kitchen credit
  • $300 monthly storage credit
  • Booking priority
  • Reserved recurring production slot
  • Anchor feature and overflow lead pass-through
Start with Producer

New memberships carry a one-time $250 signup fee. Yearly billing changes what you pay, never your credit: Starter on yearly billing still gets the full $300 of monthly credit. Storage credit applies to available storage; spots are assigned in order of signup.

Food trucks

Run a food truck? There's a track for you

Commissary-of-record letter, truck-side services at the dock, and $225 of monthly kitchen credit, sold as 12, 18, or 24-month terms.

See Food Truck pricing

Which plan fits

A rough guide, by bakery day-hours

Under 10 hours a month
Starter covers you, with room to flex.
10 to 18 hours
Starter with flex hours, or Builder if you like predictable bills and/or want to use the Builder benefits. The math crosses near 18 hours.
More than 18 hours
Builder pays for itself. Past 36, the same logic points to Producer.

Not sure how many hours you need? Tell us what you make and how much of it, and we'll run your production through the plan simulator, then reply with the math for all three plans. No meeting needed. If you'd rather talk it through, 15 minutes with Alison or Nick is one reply away.

Ask us to run your numbers
Join without the leap

Built so you can't get it wrong

✓See it before you sign

Tour the kitchens, meet the team, and watch a production day in motion. No commitment attached to a visit.

✓Month to month by default

Monthly plans have no long-term contract. Stay because it works, not because a document says so.

✓Downgrades allowed

15 days notice, effective next cycle. You are never locked into a plan that stopped fitting.

✓Yearly is fully exitable

Change plans and keep your balance at face value, or cash out half of what remains. Your choice, in writing.

✓Slow season covered

Freeze for $125 a month, up to 3 months a year. Keycard and storage stay yours.

✓Referred by a member?

Tell us who sent you. You start with $150 of first-month credit, and they get $150 for the introduction.

Questions, answered

The fine print, in plain language

What does it take to get started?
Pick a plan, or book a tour first if you'd rather see the place. New memberships carry a one-time $250 signup fee, and onboarding includes hands-on help with the health department paperwork so you can start producing legally as fast as the process allows. From there, your first month's credit is live and you book your first hours.
Does unused credit roll over?
No. Credit resets fresh every billing month. That is what keeps the 1:1 rule possible: your fee equals your credit, every month, with no accounting maze. If you regularly have credit left over, a smaller plan probably fits better, and we'll tell you so.
What happens when my credit runs out mid-month?
You keep booking, nothing stops. Hours beyond your credit bill at flex rates, 20% above the credit rate ($24 prep, $36 bakery, $48 hot line, nights still 40% off), on your next invoice. If that happens three months in a row, upgrading saves you money and we'll reach out to say so.
How does the storage credit work?
Same 1:1 logic, separate budget. Your plan includes $100 to $300 of monthly storage credit that draws against the catalog: dry shelf $20, walk-in fridge $30, walk-in freezer $40, lockable cage $50. Anything beyond the credit bills monthly at those same prices. Storage is subject to availability and assigned in order of signup, so joining earlier means better placement. Short-term storage is live too, ask Alison.
Do I need to be a certain size to join?
No. Starter exists precisely for businesses at the beginning: farmers market bakers, caterers testing demand, packaged goods founders doing their first runs. If you outgrow it, Builder and Producer are a 15-day notice away, and the fit guide above shows where the math crosses.
Is yearly billing worth it?
Yearly takes 18% off any plan and your credit stays at full face value. And it is not a trap: if things change you can convert the remaining balance to any plan at face value, or cash out half of it. Paying by bank transfer also carries no fees at all.

Pick your plan. Start building.

Three options, one click each. Or come see the kitchens first, the tour costs nothing.

Choose your plan Want to look around first? Book a tour, or ask for 15 minutes with Alison or Nick.
Food businesses are built here. Yours could be next.