Learning Objectives: This workshop will provide participants with knowledge and understanding of necessary top line steps to start a food manufacturing business, or wider food businesses like food trucks and foodservice operators.

Target Audience: Deliberately broad, the workshop is for anyone with even a vague interest in starting any type of food business. The content is diverse enough to be relevant to those interested in food trucks, selling at farmers markets or online, supplying shops or food service operators. It will also be relevant to those wishing to start a café or similar business. 

Workshop Content: Delivered by James Burke, a leading food advisor, the workshop will cover the following:

• Understanding local food culture
• Food in tourism
• Where to sell your product
• Exploring the basic tools to get started
• Ensuring you have the right product and can make a profit
• Understanding the basic legal requirements
• Guest speaker - a local food producer will rely their experiences about how they started their business.