A Community Dedicated to Your Success

A Community Dedicated to Your Success

EXPLORE AND ACHIEVEYOUR FULLEST POTENTIAL

With Central Kitchen, you don’t just learn and move on. You join a community of peers and experienced food professionals who rally together to champion your best interests. Their support empowers you to achieve your fullest potential today, tomorrow and throughout every stage of your journey.

Why? Because when you find success, big things happen. You create jobs, boost the economy, and lift our entire craft foods community. That’s what excites us to work hard for you - and each other - every day.

OUR PURPOSE

OUR IMPACT

Our entrepreneurs don’t just start businesses. They spark growth for their product category, our community and, most importantly, other people. Your support drives these critical outcomes forward.

400+

products created out of
our kitchen to date

$4.4 million

has been invested to date in facilities
to help food entrepreneurs

400+

jobs created to date

60%

of our clients are
minorities or women

500+

clients have taken our
Incubator Course

OUR PEOPLE

Meet the leaders - the visionaries, innovation experts and investors - who are ready to light a fire
under your business.

Eric Diamond
CEO
Eric Diamond is a Co-Founder and CEO of the Central Kitchen Companies. Previously Eric spent over twenty years in banking, lending and community development. Using his background Eric has been able to help over 400 local companies start and scale their food business concepts. Throughout his career Eric has developed a passion for helping small businesses and entrepreneurs. Eric states “there is no better professional feeling than knowing you played a part in helping someone fulfill their dreams of owning their own business.” Eric is a graduate of Baldwin Wallace College and holds and MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University. In his spare time Eric enjoys raising his four boys, cooking, gardening and is an avid reader. ×

READY TO BE PART OF THIS?

Because we’re prepared to help you. Contact us with questions or to get started.

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