How do I find out what licensing I need, if any, to do personal, in home cooking demos?
I want to do personal, in home cooking demonstrations in Connecticut for a fee. This would be in the customers home, not my own. What kind of licensing do I need? Or, where could I find out what kind of licensing I need?
It seems as if this might fall under a personal chef classification. In the past, you can help lower/avoid some liabilities by using their equipment, refrigeration, product (food), etc. If you were to bring your own food, you would be susceptible to storage, handling, transportation, and possibly even zoning issues, on top of insurance. I’ve known some private caterers in Maine to slip below the radar of the Health Department, but having lived and worked in Boston and Rhode Island, it is much harder to "get away with" and would advise against it anyways.
Once you determine how to classify your business, it would be a matter of hitting up the local courthouse or municipal building to get more specific, state related laws/licenses.
www.chef2chef.com is a great all around resource with a relatively good forum.
Hope some of this is helpful.
Where about in CT are you from?
October 27th, 2009 at 6:00 am
It seems as if this might fall under a personal chef classification. In the past, you can help lower/avoid some liabilities by using their equipment, refrigeration, product (food), etc. If you were to bring your own food, you would be susceptible to storage, handling, transportation, and possibly even zoning issues, on top of insurance. I’ve known some private caterers in Maine to slip below the radar of the Health Department, but having lived and worked in Boston and Rhode Island, it is much harder to "get away with" and would advise against it anyways.
Once you determine how to classify your business, it would be a matter of hitting up the local courthouse or municipal building to get more specific, state related laws/licenses.
http://www.chef2chef.com is a great all around resource with a relatively good forum.
Hope some of this is helpful.
Where about in CT are you from?
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