Food and Drink Innovation Centre

The Food WorksSW is a dynamic food and drink innovation centre. From start-ups to established businesses, we have the facilities and advice to support your journey.

Our Services

  • From concept to launch, we can help you scale your recipes from 1 kilo to 100 kilo batches, ensuring that you produce a safe and efficient product every time, with our range of support and expertise.

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  • The development kitchens have been built to food-grade standard and include standard catering equipment as well as specialist items linked to bakery, dairy, ready meal and drinks development.

  • Our brand new photography studio is now open for bookings. An all inclusive package with working kitchen and photography essentials, perfect for capturing your product.

  • From seminars to hands-on workshops, our events are designed to support you at every stage of your business journey.

  • If you are in the West of England and wanting to start or develop a food or drink product, check out our funded support scheme to see if you are eligible.

  • Our meeting rooms can accommodate all needs offering small meeting rooms seating up to two people, through to larger conference facilities seating up to 100 people.

  • Our Business Lounge is within the innovation centre and offers a large space to network, meet colleagues, have informal meetings or to use as an alternative workspace. With onsite coffee shop it’s the perfect place to spend a day at work.

Businesses we’ve worked with

Logo for Somerset Charcuterie with illustrations of sausages hanging from a line on a gray background.