Two seats at the table
Come cook. Come park the truck.
Bundled options for kitchen rental, food storage, classes on site, and restaurant supplies, with a devoted team whose job is to reduce your stress.
Kitchen & Food Truck Bundle Prices
Membership plans
A flat monthly membership covers storage, ice, a business address, and classes. Kitchen time is added by the hour, and the rate drops the more hours you book in a month.
Kitchen Membership
$125 / month
Basic Membership. No kitchen hours included.
- Dry storage
- Refrigerator or freezer storage
- 100 lbs of ice per month
- Business address for deliveries
- Free or low cost classes on site
What it saves you: inspected & permitted commercial kitchens; all personal protective equipment (gloves, hair nets, etc.); all cleaning products; access to induction burners and additional work tables as needed.
Food Truck & Pushcart Membership
$225 / month
Basic Membership. No kitchen hours included.
- Trash disposal
- Gray water disposal
- Fresh water fill-ups
- Cooking oil disposal
- Dry storage
- Refrigerator or freezer storage
- 100 lbs of ice per month
- Business address for deliveries
- Free or low cost classes on site
What it saves you monthly: ice $50+; dump fees and water access $50 to $100; commercial storage $100 to $300; oil disposal $50+.
Kitchen hourly rates
Same rates for both memberships.
| Hours booked per month | Cooking Kitchen | Prep Kitchen |
|---|
| Up to 10 hours | $34 / hr | $24 / hr |
| Up to 20 hours | $32 / hr | $22 / hr |
| Up to 30 hours | $30 / hr | $20 / hr |
| Up to 40 hours | $28 / hr | $18 / hr |
| Over 40 hours | Check with NCFC Management |
- Hours can be used in either the cooking or prep kitchens.
- Unused hours do not roll over.
- Additional hours are billed at your current rate tier, up to the next tier.
More info about membership
Working to maximize your success
What membership includes
Secured 24/7 access Month to month Member lounge · dish room · outdoors Small Business Center Free or low cost classes Water · propane · electricity Trash · oil recycling Cleaning supplies · aprons · towels 100 lbs ice / month
- Secured facility, open 24/7 Monday through Sunday; after normal business hours the building is accessible by code only.
- Month to month, with no long lease.
- Use of all common areas including the member lounge, dishwashing room, and outdoor spaces.
- Small Business Center with printer / scanner / fax, a desk, and a laptop plug-in area.
- Free or low cost classes as available: OSHA, CPR, safety, business, and administrative.
- Utilities: water, propane, electricity, trash disposal, and oil recycling (including for mobile food units).
- Cleaning supplies, plastic aprons for the kitchens and dish room, and towels (cloth and paper).
- 100 lbs of ice per month; more available by the bag daily, or in larger quantities for events with 72 hours’ notice.
- Members bring their own pots, pans, and small appliances and keep them in a locked cage on site.
- Member contracts are sent through DocuSign.
- Due on signing: a $150 orientation fee (nonrefundable) and a $250 refundable security deposit.
- Unused kitchen hours do not roll over; extra hours are billed at member pricing on the next invoice.
- Services are billed monthly, due by the 5th. Late fee: $50 per day. Twenty days past due is cause for cancellation.
Member services
A business center, classes, and community.
Small Business Center
Free access to a printer / scanner / fax, a desk, and a laptop plug-in area.
Classes, free or low cost
As available: OSHA, CPR, safety, business, and administrative, in the private culinary classroom (also used to teach cooking to children and adults). Food Truck Awareness Class is coming soon.
NC Meal Train Ministry
Manny the Meal Train is the logo of our companion nonprofit. Cooked meals for neighbors who cannot reach the usual resources. Read the Outreach story.
Ready to join?
New Member Interest
Tell us about your business and what you need. We’ll follow up about kitchen time, storage, and next steps.
Open the New Member Interest form
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Member Resources
Scheduling, requirements, and important information. There is no member login on this site, so the links live here.
Kitchen Time Schedule
Reserve the Cooking Kitchen, Prep Kitchen 1 - Three Sinks, Prep Kitchen 2 - Baking, or Dish Washing Kitchen.
Book kitchen time
Requirements
Read the member requirements before you join: food manager certification, a Cumberland County Health Department permit, and a Certificate of Insurance.
Member documents
Coming soon. Member contracts are sent through DocuSign.
Member announcements
Food Truck Awareness Class is coming soon.
