Media coverage of the Wisconsin Innovation Kitchen
Norma Goodenough cuts the Grand Opening ribbon! Norma has been with the Hodan Center since it opened in 1972. Norma was also one of the first employees hired at the former Dairy Queen when it opened 22 years ago.
Radio:
Milwaukee Public Radio. Lake Effect. Nov. 18, 2010
Wisconsin Public Radio. Larry Meiller show. Oct. 27, 2010.
New enterprise hopes to bring fresh, local food to the masses. Search the Wisconsin Public Radio archives for 7/12/10. "A first of its kind commercial kitchen is opening in Mineral Point this week. The goal of the Wisconsin Innovation Kitchen is to help family farmers and small restaurants get their specialty foods on to supermarket shelves in southern Wisconsin." Thank you Gil Halsted and WPR.
Print:
Professional Kitchen Helping Upstart Businesses. (This story also linked under the TV section above) 7/29/10. For those who have a "one of a kind recipe" in the kitchen, turning that special dish into a business is not an easy journey. But one professional kitchen is helping upstart businesses get their feet in the door. The Wisconsin Innovation Kitchen in Mineral Point is giving entrepreneurs and small businesses a chance to succeed by providing the facilities and resources needed to get off the ground. Thanks Brad Chaimson, WISC TV 3 (Madison, WI) and channel3000.com
Commercial Shared Kitchen Offers Opportunitites Galore. 7/22/10. "This is a huge opportunity in so very many ways." Thank you to Jean Berns Jones and the Dodgeville Chronicle.
Wisconsin Innovation Kitchen will be boon to region. "This is a big shiny spaceship that has landed in rural Wisconsin". Wisconsin State Journal. 7/9/10. Thank you Jane Burns and MADISON.COM
Sustainable Times. July 2010 (No. 66), page 1. Great story and photos. Now available at 350 outlets across south central Wisconsin. Not yet online. Will link ASAP Thank you Sustainable Times.
Wisconsin Innovation Kitchen Offers Opportunity for Food Entrepreneurs. "It's a food Ferrari." Wisconsin Entrepreneurs' Network. Thanks WEN network.
Iowa County's Hodan Center mixes business and service to help disabled adults Great article in the Wisconsin State Journal about the Hodan Center, featured on the weekend of our Wisconsin Innovation Kitchen Grand Opening. Thank you Jane Burns and MADISON.COM
TV:
Note. Some of the TV links have expired. We will work to get new connections if available.
Professional Kitchen Helping Upstart Businesses. 7/29/10. For those who have a "one of a kind recipe" in the kitchen, turning that special dish into a business is not an easy journey. But one professional kitchen is helping upstart businesses get their feet in the door. The Wisconsin Innovation Kitchen in Mineral Point is giving entrepreneurs and small businesses a chance to succeed. 7/29/10. Thank you Brad Chaimson and WISC TV.
Print and video of the WISC story above. Professional Kitchen Helping Upstart Businesses. 7/29/10.
Innovation Kitchen offers opportunity for entrepreneurs. 7/11/10. "Anyone can prepare their own recipes in the one million dollar kitchen, and can actually sell them. The facility also has its own food processing services. Owners say the kitchen will create jobs and give farmers and food entrepreneurs access to tools and equipment." Thank you TV 27 and WKOW.com
This story is currently not online. It is available in print. Your stories: Grand Opening for the Innovation Kitchen. 7/11/10. "In addition to allowing emerging or established food entrepreneurs access to the facility, the Wisconsin Innovation Kitchen also has business and marketing assistance available to its clients." Thank you Chris Papst, NBC 15 and NBC15.com
Our first Wisconsin Innovation Kitchen TV interview. 7/9/10. "If you've ever dreamed of growing or starting your own food business but didn't have the capital to start from scratch, opportunity may await you with the Grand Opening of the Wisconsin Innovation Kitchen." Thank you Carleen Wild, NBC TV 15 and NBC15.com. This video is no longer available on the TV 15 web site.
Norma Goodenough cuts the Grand Opening ribbon! Norma has been with the Hodan Center since it opened in 1972. Norma was also one of the first employees hired at the former Dairy Queen when it opened 22 years ago.
Radio:
Milwaukee Public Radio. Lake Effect. Nov. 18, 2010
Wisconsin Public Radio. Larry Meiller show. Oct. 27, 2010.
New enterprise hopes to bring fresh, local food to the masses. Search the Wisconsin Public Radio archives for 7/12/10. "A first of its kind commercial kitchen is opening in Mineral Point this week. The goal of the Wisconsin Innovation Kitchen is to help family farmers and small restaurants get their specialty foods on to supermarket shelves in southern Wisconsin." Thank you Gil Halsted and WPR.
Print:
Professional Kitchen Helping Upstart Businesses. (This story also linked under the TV section above) 7/29/10. For those who have a "one of a kind recipe" in the kitchen, turning that special dish into a business is not an easy journey. But one professional kitchen is helping upstart businesses get their feet in the door. The Wisconsin Innovation Kitchen in Mineral Point is giving entrepreneurs and small businesses a chance to succeed by providing the facilities and resources needed to get off the ground. Thanks Brad Chaimson, WISC TV 3 (Madison, WI) and channel3000.com
Commercial Shared Kitchen Offers Opportunitites Galore. 7/22/10. "This is a huge opportunity in so very many ways." Thank you to Jean Berns Jones and the Dodgeville Chronicle.
Wisconsin Innovation Kitchen will be boon to region. "This is a big shiny spaceship that has landed in rural Wisconsin". Wisconsin State Journal. 7/9/10. Thank you Jane Burns and MADISON.COM
Sustainable Times. July 2010 (No. 66), page 1. Great story and photos. Now available at 350 outlets across south central Wisconsin. Not yet online. Will link ASAP Thank you Sustainable Times.
Wisconsin Innovation Kitchen Offers Opportunity for Food Entrepreneurs. "It's a food Ferrari." Wisconsin Entrepreneurs' Network. Thanks WEN network.
Iowa County's Hodan Center mixes business and service to help disabled adults Great article in the Wisconsin State Journal about the Hodan Center, featured on the weekend of our Wisconsin Innovation Kitchen Grand Opening. Thank you Jane Burns and MADISON.COM
TV:
Note. Some of the TV links have expired. We will work to get new connections if available.
Professional Kitchen Helping Upstart Businesses. 7/29/10. For those who have a "one of a kind recipe" in the kitchen, turning that special dish into a business is not an easy journey. But one professional kitchen is helping upstart businesses get their feet in the door. The Wisconsin Innovation Kitchen in Mineral Point is giving entrepreneurs and small businesses a chance to succeed. 7/29/10. Thank you Brad Chaimson and WISC TV.
Print and video of the WISC story above. Professional Kitchen Helping Upstart Businesses. 7/29/10.
Innovation Kitchen offers opportunity for entrepreneurs. 7/11/10. "Anyone can prepare their own recipes in the one million dollar kitchen, and can actually sell them. The facility also has its own food processing services. Owners say the kitchen will create jobs and give farmers and food entrepreneurs access to tools and equipment." Thank you TV 27 and WKOW.com
This story is currently not online. It is available in print. Your stories: Grand Opening for the Innovation Kitchen. 7/11/10. "In addition to allowing emerging or established food entrepreneurs access to the facility, the Wisconsin Innovation Kitchen also has business and marketing assistance available to its clients." Thank you Chris Papst, NBC 15 and NBC15.com
Our first Wisconsin Innovation Kitchen TV interview. 7/9/10. "If you've ever dreamed of growing or starting your own food business but didn't have the capital to start from scratch, opportunity may await you with the Grand Opening of the Wisconsin Innovation Kitchen." Thank you Carleen Wild, NBC TV 15 and NBC15.com. This video is no longer available on the TV 15 web site.
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