Sharing Spaces Kitchen Blog

Our building has been inspected and is now licensed for processing! Our in-house bakery will waste no time as they are already planning on baking pies, rolls, and other breads for a special pre-Thanksgiving sale on Wednesday at our retail location.

The picture to the right shows the “bakery side” of our kitchen area. The other half of the space is designated for other general purpose processes.

Also not shown is the large dry storage area, walk-in cooler and freezer, classroom, loading docks, and office areas. I will post more photos soon. I’ll also post photos of tomorrow’s pie baking marathon, too. What an exciting time!

First of all, winter weather announced its presence in typical winter fashion this morning as Sharing Spaces Kitchen sees its first snowfall.

Inside, the finishing touches are being applied, including signage, trim, ceiling tiles, and other fixtures.

The majority of the kitchen equipment was delivered on Monday. We got our first look at the ovens, mixers, kettles, tables, and other equipment that we and our incubator tenants will be using every day.

We’re still on track for the facility’s construction to be completed by November 18th. Our Local Oven Bakery is hoping to start baking pies in time for Thanksgiving by the following Monday.

To the right, you can see the hallway leading to our classroom. Offices are on the left hand side. The door to the kitchen area is on the right.

We’re getting close. Very close. The light is at the end of the tunnel with the construction of Sharing Spaces Kitchen.  I have much more to write and add to this blog, but I want (err, need) to update the blog with the most recent photos.

Here is what the kitchen looks on the outside right now. The lighting, soffit, and, finishing brickwork need to be finished yet.

The office & classroom walls have been primed and textured; and now are getting their first coat of paint.

The easily cleanable white paneling has been installed in all of the kitchen, processing, and packing areas.

The hoods for the kitchen equipment have been installed. Equipment should begin to arrive by November 7th.

The area for the walk-in cooler and freezer has been prepped. The units are expected to arrive and be installed next week. You can also see a small portion of the storage area in the background, too.

So much is going on. In addition to kitchen construction, we are preparing our downtown retail location for our Local Oven bakery. Two construction projects while launching two businesses is enough to make your head spin…or, at least, make it hard to find time to update a blog regularly.

Here’s some photos from the last few days worth of construction.

Next up, interior work with the walls and utilities. We’re purchasing our major food equipment this month, too. It’s so great to see tangible progress!