ABOUT KITCHEN 66
Founded in 2016, Kitchen 66 is Tulsa’s first food incubator and kickstarter kitchen with a goal to grow Tulsa’s local food community, promote entrepreneurial thinking, and spur economic opportunity. Kitchen 66 originated in downtown Tulsa’s Sun Building, allowing start-up food entrepreneurs a place to test their business concepts with the lunch crowd. Soon realizing the need for an educational program to help start-up entrepreneurs take their ideas from recipe to reality, Kitchen 66 created the Launch Program, a 12 to 15-week business training course where a community of industry experts equips participants with the skill building and knowledge needed to launch a food business.
In addition to the Launch Program, Kitchen 66 offers sales opportunities to members to serve as the perfect testing ground for restaurant, food truck, and consumer packaged goods concepts.
The Kitchen 66 Takeover Cafe, Landmark Food Truck, and Takeover Cafe Residency are pop-up restaurant spaces at Mother Road Market. Here, entrepreneurs can gain practical experience in developing pricing and profitability, testing recipes, gaining customer feedback, increasing brand exposure, and experience running both back and front of house.
Founded in 1997 by Bill Lobeck and Kathy Taylor and supported by Chair of the Board, Elizabeth Frame Ellison, the Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation (LTFF) is a second generation investment, dedicated to making Tulsa an innovative, collaborative and thriving city by decreasing barriers associated with Tulsans achieving their goals. To fulfill this mission, LTFF also acts as a grantmaker, innovator and convener. LTFF supports the entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems in Tulsa through its owned-and-operated programs including Kitchen 66, Mother Road Market and Shops at Mother Road Market.
For more information about LTFF, visit www.lobecktaylor.com.