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Food Startups Find Space

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    A new small business incubator in Queens is providing commercial kitchen space to foodie entrepreneurs

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Around Ivan the afternoon jungle board used to be winding down from a long day in the corporate world.

But these days he's just getting started.

After working in the airline industry for years He saw an opportunity to start something on his own -- his company jag ink.

Makes -- inspired airline.

Suit it was an item that they used to turn around and have imported but after 9/11 was -- the import laws being a lot stricter.

It opened up this market for the product to be made in this country.

He can't afford his own kitchen still penis to employees work during the night shift out of this commercial kitchen.

Called the -- -- -- It's a city sponsored incubator that allows food and -- to cook their -- in a licensed facility with high end equipment.

Captain Gregory oversees the -- while we're trying to do is take all these passionate -- people.

Out of their home kitchen.

And we're bringing them here.

An illegal space and we're helping them little by little -- mention rain -- Coach Jane.

George Stanley doesn't make speaking garlic -- -- Siegal and his native Greece.

In less than two years his -- been picked up by whole foods stores in the tristate area.

And then really -- -- Who actually put -- United States there's some position on big day for the motherhood.

So when I come here scholarly I don't know.

From premium airline.

To premium valid -- -- -- yours -- without this thing they wouldn't be around.

-- this -- -- that come at a cost.

To -- -- current and tax payers.

Since Weinstein executive director at that means economic development corporation.

Says the secret around 379000.

Dollars into the facility in the -- looked -- -- And -- what do you say.

To a taxpayer who said.

And they don't necessarily want to be finding these on the Norris.

Well I think there will be this creates jobs would -- ahead.

That the economy and could we be well positioned Kan becomes more business.

That they received huge companies stood delay relay -- and -- and does conclude university.

And Bornstein points out the clients pay for the ships.

Prime time is the afternoon shift that runs about 230 dollars.

But for those really looking to stay I mean they can take the overnight shift for a 150.

Dollars without this I couldn't survive I couldn't rent my own place.

Because it's just -- course prohibitive whereas here I can turn around of one -- I have to work seven days I paid seven days which is fine but the next week and they only network to.

So I control my cost.

Right now there about a hundred don't know is that work out of the kitchen and Gregory says she expects the space to be profitable.

In the next few months why do you like the and I and -- -- Because.

He's.

Making me creative and -- mean all of -- -- and when you do something you love that and make you feel up here and if they don't make great money -- -- -- -- huge -- You know hello -- much that's that a viable.

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