Good Food Boot Camp

The Good Food Boot Camp, led by Local First Arizona’s Director of Food Programs, Chef Gabe, is a six-week course designed to help scale a local food business from ideation to marketplace. Through discussions with industry experts, government officials, and partner organizations, participants gain the tools necessary to be successful with their start-up food business.


Get Started as a Food Entrepreneur

Food entrepreneurs interested in starting or growing a food-based business are invited to join Local First Arizona’s six-week Good Food Boot Camp to help jump-start their careers and scale their business. The course is designed to provide each entrepreneur with a deep understanding of what is needed to be successful and provide the tools to execute their vision. Each cohort equips the entrepreneur with analysis, expertise, and mentorship to help establish a food business and set the entrepreneurs on a successful path.  

The Good Food Boot Camp is a crucial first step in the incubation process. Each food start-up accepted into the Boot Camp program will learn business planning, purchasing, and how to manage the day-to-day operations.

  • Food Service Purchasing

  • Financing  and Marketing

  • Front and Back of House Operations 

  • Food Service Logistics

  • Food Establishment Permitting

  • Day-to-Day Operations

  • Food Service Math

  • Industry Professionalism


Good Food Boot Camp (Clases para negocios de comida)


Los empresarios de alimentos interesados en iniciar o hacer crecer un negocio basado en alimentos están invitados a unirse al Good Food Boot Camp de seis semanas de Local First Arizona para ayudarlos a impulsar sus carreras y escalar su negocio. El curso está diseñado para brindar a cada emprendedor una comprensión profunda de lo que se necesita para tener éxito y brindarle las herramientas para ejecutar su visión. Cada cohorte equipa al emprendedor con análisis, experiencia y tutoría para ayudar a establecer un negocio de alimentos y encaminar a los emprendedores por un camino exitoso.


El Good Food Boot Camp es un primer paso crucial en el proceso de incubación. Cada nueva empresa de alimentos aceptada en el programa Boot Camp aprenderá sobre planificación comercial, compras y cómo gestionar las operaciones diarias.

  • Compras de alimentos para negecios

  • Financiamiento y Comercialización

  • Operaciones frontales y traseras de la casa

  • Logística de servicio de alimentos

  • Permiso de establecimiento de alimentos

  • Operaciones diariasMatemáticas del servicio de alimentos

  • Profesionalismo de la industria


Upcoming Good Food Boot Camp Program

2025 Program Cohort Dates ( English-language classes are delivered virtually, Spanish-language classes are in-person):

  • January 29 - March 5 (Spanish Boot Camp)

  • February 4 - March 11 (Virtual, English Boot Camp)

  • April 22 - May 27 (Virtual, English Boot Camp)

  • July 22 - August 26 (Virtual, English Boot Camp)

  • July 23 - August 27 (Spanish Boot Camp)

  • October 14- Nov. 18 (Virtual, English Boot Camp)

  • October 22 - November 26 (Spanish Boot Camp)


Virtual Boot Camp (English)

Class Times: Every Tuesday, 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. 

Location: Virtual

Program Cost: $250 


Spanish Boot Camp

Class Times: Every Wednesday, 6pm -8pm

Location: In Person @ Eastlake Community Kitchen
1153 E Jefferson St, Phoenix, AZ 85034, USA (El estacionamiento está en la esquina suroeste de la calle 12 y Jefferson)

Program Cost: $250 

Questions? Contact Chef Gabe at communitykitchens@localfirstaz.com