FoodLab

FoodLab We're a kitchen incubator that opens doors for refugee, migrant, women and First Nations food entrepreneurs.

09/10/2026

Part 2 of Fatemeh’s story.

Overcoming fear is powerful, and it’s present in our community.

‘When you taste it, it always shocks everyone.’Daniel and Tai from Lu Run say that about their food a lot. Last Thursday...
07/10/2026

‘When you taste it, it always shocks everyone.’

Daniel and Tai from Lu Run say that about their food a lot.

Last Thursday they proved it to the Minister for Social Services Tanya Plibersek as she visited FoodLab to announce that we were awarded a SEDI grant to grow our digital presence.

We’re thankful and excited to receive the SEDI grant because we know it will build our capacity in the next phase of our growth - to reach more talented food businesses in Australia who need simple tools and support to grow.

ANDY COOKS x FOODLABWe loved hearing from Andy Cooks and Katelyn Flood, also known as Andy Cooks. This was one of our mo...
06/10/2026

ANDY COOKS x FOODLAB

We loved hearing from Andy Cooks and Katelyn Flood, also known as Andy Cooks.

This was one of our most practical workshops yet, all thanks to them.

Andy shared about his grandfather, a source of inspiration and work ethic, a dutchman who moved to Wellington, NZ, and grew a poultry farm to the second largest in the country. Food business is in his blood.

We talked analytics, vanity metrics, numbers to ignore and numbers to focus on. And how that impacts what they post.

It was interesting to have them so generous to share some of their numbers with us and what they actually look at each week from a business perspective.

We discussed comment sections, how he would start a Kenyan street food account in an alternate universe, equipment recommendations and following (or not following) trends.

This is what our community is all about: learning. Thank you Andy Cooks for your generosity!

31/08/2026

Teaching food business is our bread and butter. Here’s a sneak peak at one of our favourite classes this year: costing 📲

A commercial coworking kitchen that opens doors.This is the second thing we do. Our training teaches people how to run a...
27/08/2026

A commercial coworking kitchen that opens doors.

This is the second thing we do. Our training teaches people how to run a food business, but the kitchen is the engine. This is where it actually happens. On any given day the benches hold market prep, catering orders and recipes being tested for shops of their own. One big diverse community.

The space stays affordable because our catering business helps fund it. Plain old businesses supporting businesses.

A commercial coworking kitchen that opens doors.This is the second thing we do. Our training teaches people how to run a...
27/08/2026

A commercial coworking kitchen that opens doors.

This is the second thing we do. Our training teaches people how to run a food business, but our kitchen is the engine room. This is businesses scale. On any given day the benches hold market prep, catering orders and recipes being tested for shops of their own. One big diverse community.

The space stays affordable because our catering business helps fund it. Plain old businesses supporting businesses.

This post was made in Canva. Obviously.And so was the menu card in the photos. So is every piece of marketing collateral...
26/08/2026

This post was made in Canva. Obviously.

And so was the menu card in the photos. So is every piece of marketing collateral we’ve ever made. It’s saves us eons of time, so we can focus on helping people.

When Canva asked us to cook for their 650 staff to celebrate one million nonprofits using their platform, it felt like an epic full circle moment, as every food business owner we teach relies on them to do their good work.

Same time next million, Canva? 💚

This post was made in Canva. Obviously.And so was the menu card in the photos. So is every piece of marketing collateral...
26/08/2026

This post was made in Canva. Obviously.

And so was the menu card in the photos. So is every piece of marketing collateral we ever make. It’s saves us eons of time, so we can focus on helping people.

When Canva asked us to cook for their staff to celebrate one million nonprofits using their platform, it felt like an epic full circle moment, as every food business owner we teach relies on them to do their good work too.

Same time next million Canva? 💚

Our community garden is 30 steps from our commercial kitchen. On Friday night we were on national TV - Gardening Austral...
24/08/2026

Our community garden is 30 steps from our commercial kitchen. On Friday night we were on national TV - Gardening Australia as Costa Georgiadis came to find out why.

A lot of what our entrepreneurs cook with isn’t found in your typical supermarket. We experiment with it so on site and goes from bed to bench in a few short minutes. Pretty cool, huh?

Evelyn (Evelyn), our gardening manager, walked Costa through the garden and explained how it works: we help people grow the ingredients they want to use in their cooking, then harvest straight into the kitchen.

With catering on the day from our graduates La Botero Sydney and Sangee's Kitchen.

Thanks to Costa Georgiadis and the team at Gardening Australia for making the trip out to Strathfield South during the amazing Sydney Edible Garden Trail - thanks for letting us get involved in such a wonderful initiative.

Our kitchen has been a hive of activity recently…Here are a few marvellous things we have been up to 💚
11/08/2026

Our kitchen has been a hive of activity recently…

Here are a few marvellous things we have been up to 💚

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