The Louisiana Edible Creations Center® at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales, Louisiana is a 5,000 square foot shared kitchen facility that food entrepreneurs can rent kitchen space hourly to produce and package different and unique types of food products that promote Louisiana culture, create new food companies in the region, and produce new jobs and investment opportunities for the Baton Rouge region and the State of Louisiana. The Center is run by the Ascension Economic Development Corporation.

Technical assistance is provide by AEDC staff, food technician Gaye Sandoz of Simpli Gourmet, the LSU Food Science Program, the LSU AgCenter, and the LSU Technology and Small Business Development Center to assist entrepreneurs become successful. The facility includes a large assortment of usable equipment, a nitrogen flash freezer, bottling and packaging equipment, a walk-in freezer, two walk-in coolers, a dry storage area, loading docks, 3 offices, and an outside crawfish boil and wash area.

Tenants pay an hourly fee for the use of the facility and for storage of ingredients and finished products within the facility. Tenants are required to have workman’s compensation and general liability insurance before using the facility.

2009 TENANT CALENDAR

Click here to schedule time at the LECC 
(approved tenants only)

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Bottling and Packaging Equipment

Current LECC clients (January 2009)
Amazing Cakes, LLC
B&B Gourmet, LLC
Chef JP
Cuddin' Eddies
Drake's Catering
Durr & Collins, LLC
Folse Seafood/Louisiana Specialty Products, LLC
Jack Caldwell
Jazzy Bird Coffee/S&B Development
Key Gezal, LLC
LeBeaus Catering
Lito’s Salsa
Louisiana Sisters, LLC
Magnolia Bayou, LLC
Militello’s Gourmet Specialties
Omi's Gourmet Food
Simpli Gourmet
Southern 2 Step
Tasty Ribs & Things, LLC
The Health Nut
TFathers Recipes

 

Graduated LECC Tenants

Chef KD
Stuffd LLC

Jazzy Bird Cafe' Frozen Espresso Shots Click for website bjleblanc@gmail.com Jazzy Bird Flyer	Chef JP Gourmet cheese balls, pastalaya, jambalaya www.chefjp.net jeff@chefjp.net
Omis Remoulade Sauce www.omisgourmetfoods.com fsgreco@bellsouth.net	Folse Seafood Folse Seafood sells the very best live and boiled seafood in the area. Our delicious plate lunches have quickly become local favorites. Visit our website!
Cuddin' Eddies  Pepper Relish http://www.cuddineddies.com/

Informational Brochure

Potential tenants may download the following forms for information and admission into LECC:
 

Application Form

Kitchen Use Agreement

Kitchen Rules

Operational Policies

Background Policies and Procedures

Rate Schedule

List of Available Equipment at the LECC

Whole Foods Local Food Producer Loan Program 

Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals

• Basic Requirements and Information
• Application For New Companies
• Louisiana Sanitary Code

Resourceful Links:

Ascension Fresh Market

Whole Foods Local Food Producer Loan Program

List of Food Incubators in the US

Parish of Ascension Health Department

Louisiana Dept of Agriculture

LSU AgCenter

LSU Business and Technology Center

LSU Food Science Program

Louisiana Restaurant Association

Food and Drug Administration-Safety and Nutrition

US Department of Agriculture

Shared Kitchen Food Incubators in the US:
The Bonner Business Center Sandpoint, Idaho

Shoals Commercial Culinary Center

Acenet Food Ventures and Community Kitchen Incubator Athens, Ohio

Taos Food Center Taos, New Mexico

The Cornell Agriculture & Food Technology Park Geneva, NY

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE LOUISIANA EDIBLE CREATIONS CENTER, CONTACT KRISTIN BATULIS AT AEDC AT 225-675-1750.

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