Sylvan | Thirty to Open “Culinary Incubator” With Chef Sharon Hage as Culinary Curator

Posted on December 7th, 2011 9:00am by Nancy Nichols
Filed under Celebrity Chefs, Farmers Markets, Hippie revolutions, Local/Slow Food, oak cliff, Restaurant News, youthful spontaneous restaurants

Oh my, what a great idea and perfect timing. Today comes word that an unnamed “culinary incubator,” a space to help start-up food entrepreneurs launch their own businesses, will open when Sylvan | Thirty opens next year. Local chef Sharon Hage will be the Culinary Curator. She is, in my book, the Earth Mother.

What a great fit. Hage will help local artisans and food businesses get up and running. The focus, naturally, will be on local start-ups and chefs upping their game. Participants will pay a membership to join. They will have access to a shared commercial kitchen and retail space which will enable them to sell their products without the initial expense of building out their own space. Cox Farms Market and Matador Meat & Wine have already signed on as neighbors at Sylvan | Thirty.

I think this culinary incubator needs a proper name. Shall we give it one?

16 comments

  1. “The hatchery”

    @ 11:06 am on December 7, 2011

  2. Hit us with your best shot! We’d love to have your suggestions on names for it. Admittedly, “incubator” isn’t particularly appetizing.

    @ 11:27 am on December 7, 2011

  3. Jon and I are on the same page. I was just thinking “Hatch” or “Hatched.”

    @ 12:36 pm on December 7, 2011

  4. so far i’m winning

    @ 12:37 pm on December 7, 2011

  5. The Dallas Gourmet Co-op.

    It sounds like it is modeled after the old food cooperatives that used to be in my home town in the 1970′s. Brilliant idea. Wish it was at the Farmer’s Market.

    @ 12:44 pm on December 7, 2011

  6. The Harbinger

    @ 12:50 pm on December 7, 2011

  7. Des œufs d’oie. Just to hear how that will get pronounced by 99% of the people discussing it…

    @ 2:21 pm on December 7, 2011

  8. Launch Money

    @ 5:01 pm on December 7, 2011

  9. How about: Trend Tank in Oak Cliff

    @ 5:25 pm on December 7, 2011

  10. sounds like a sweet concept. sharon hage can do no wrong – im in love with her =)

    @ 6:25 pm on December 7, 2011

  11. Darn, have been waiting for Sharon to open up a new spot. Sigh, just call me selfish. Sounds like
    a ‘hot spot’ to me!

    @ 8:37 pm on December 7, 2011

  12. How about “The Acorn”, off the “Oak” Cliff theme

    @ 2:14 am on December 8, 2011

  13. SeeD

    @ 7:56 am on December 8, 2011

  14. Keep it simple…The Kitchen Co-Op.

    @ 8:24 am on December 8, 2011

  15. http://www.lacocinasf.org/ in San Francisco has something similar. It’s great. Really good news that one is starting up here in Dallas. Let me know if you need any help.

    @ 10:55 am on December 8, 2011

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    @ 2:56 pm on December 12, 2011