Have you had an idea to start your own food and beverage -based startup for a while and never knew how and where to start from? Do you have an idea that is ready to be developed into a food and beverage startup right now? 

This 12 session Food Venture Bootcamp is the program you must apply for today. This is a new entrepreneurship program for food and beverage potential and early stage start-up entrepreneurs. Explore, write your business plan and receive mentorship from Canada’s best food ventures mentors. 

The program is designed to accommodate 25 people only. The 25 people will be selected from a first come first serve basis, and mini virtual-pitching sessions of the ideas to our team. We want to support and guide members of our community who are ready to start and execute.

This program will run in a 2.5-hour session per week for 12 sessions.

Important Dates:

• Application deadline: Wednesday, November 3rd at 4pm

• Approval and notification of participants: Friday, November 5th at 12 pm (Only 25 seats available)

• Program start date: Tuesday, November 9th, 6:30 pm - 9 pm

All training sessions are held virtually on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 6:30 pm - 9 pm.

During this 12-session program, you will learn:

• Idea feasibility and food trends

• Value proposition and business plan

• Circularity and sustainability in food processing

• Competitive analysis, constraints and channels 

• Food science and recipe development

• Guidelines for food packaging and labelling

• Sanitation and food safety

• Financial feasibility and recipe costing

• Sales for food services, retail and preparing a pitch

• Mentorship and pitch feedback

• Pitch competition (1st prize - $500, 2nd prize - $300, 3rd prize - $200)​