Ready to turn your idea into a viable food business, or take your existing food business to the next level?  

You’re in the right place.  

Since 2008, we’ve gathered the insider tips, tricks, and best practices you need to reframe your challenges and set up a successful food business.

We help clients at all levels of food business—maybe you’ve been in your food business a few years and you’re ready to streamline and improve your profitability, or perhaps you’re fairly new to it and don’t have a solid business plan. Or maybe you have a brilliant foodie idea but you want to know how to actually get started. Some of our clients have been unsuccessful in applying to other food accelerator programs because they don’t have their systems in place yet.  

We’ve got all the ingredients for your success right here.

How we help 

With over 1000 food business clients, we’ve seen it all, and we have the knowledge and network to help you avoid those costly new business pitfalls and get your business off the ground.

  • 4-6 week Pre-accelerator program

    For serious start-ups or 2-3 year old businesses that are now ready to review their processes and reach the next level, even if other programs have turned down your application. Run privately and through councils, this is a complete program covering everything from production to pricing to promotion.

  • Targeted workshops

    Open to anyone, these are deep-dive, hour-long or half-day workshops on a particular food business topic. Great for a taster or if you just need a refresher on a particular subject.

  • Annual TBOF expo

    Our annual Melbourne event brings food businesses, retailers, and industry experts together for one delicious day.

To date, we’ve helped thousands of food-based businesses to launch and grow.

Are you next?

Local Melbourne councils also run our programs for their residents - if you are a Council or a community organisation interested in collaboration, we would love to hear from you.  

  • “We got everything we needed to know from the course and would have changed nothing. We felt supported to work through the struggles we were having with setting up a food business, especially the regulations and food safety program. Also learnt ways to do things in a way that saves money!”

    Andre, participant

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