Gather Collective Kitchen is an incubator kitchen, meaning it is an inspected, and SHA licensed site that is turnkey, for folks to come in and sell their food in the space.

Once you have successfully applied into one of our two programs, all you need to do is show up and get ready for service. Our goal is to support the launch of local food businesses by lifting the financial hurdle of rent when starting out.

Make it easy for our application team to say yes to your pitch by having:

• Your City of Saskatoon business license
  • Apply / Learn more here
• Safe Food Handlers Course
  • Learn more here
• Public Health Approval to be serving food
  • Learn more here
• A list of your proposed menu to serve in the kitchen

• Review the information on SHA’s Requirements for Opening a Food Business. 
• Learn more on taking a Safe Food Handler Course in SK
• Information for acquiring a Temporary Event License
• The Food Centre (Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre) in Saskatoon also has many resources and programs for aspiring food businesses
  • FEAD Program for majority women-owned businesses
• Women’s Business Hub (Program through Saskatoon Open Door Society) also offers programming on access to a licensed commercial kitchen.

Once Gather’s team receives your application it will be put through the adjudication process. After this, the Program Coordinator will be in touch to follow-up on the status of your application.

Yes, the space hash pro-actively included insights from our regional health inspector  who does inspect the space regularly.

This kitchen licensed is an Approved Kitchen, meaning it is meant to function as a selling space of food, rather than a space for preparing food.

This turn-key kitchen is designed to function as an incubator space, rather than a food preparation space. If you are looking for commercial kitchens space, please consider reaching out to the following commercial kitchen spaces in Saskatoon:

• Women’s Business Hub (on 1st Avenue North) 
• Local Churches often have licensed kitchens
• Skip a Beet Kitchen Rentals

In addition, please tap into the resources available at Saskatoon’s Food Centre, as they have a wealth of tools, programs, and information for folks in the food industry.

This is one path participants may choose, but it’s not the only way to grow in the food business. Gather Collective Kitchen is a space meant to help facilitate your next step. Some examples of pathways we’ve seen folks pursue include:

• Adding a product to your current product line
• Creating a grocery/retail store shelf product
• Opening your own restaurant
• Starting a food truck
• And more….

ATB Wealth’s generosity allows us to offer the space to successful applicants free of charge. The only costs for participants are the food ingredients and supplies needed for product preparation.

Absolutely! Drop us a line at hello@gatherlocalmarket.ca to set-up a time