The Naughty Noodle Fun Haus is launching a new Restaurant Residency program and is inviting applications from aspiring or experienced entrepreneurs who dream of owning and operating a restaurant but find costs, space and logistics prohibitive.
The first-of-its-kind program is open to all food makers, food stallholders, professional chefs, and home cooks and creators.
The successful applicant will receive a three-month pop-up restaurant residency in the new venue Fun Haus Factory Gosford, set to launch soon.
It will offer the chance to hone in on cooking passion, build expertise, a menu and customer base and experiment with food as well as growing operational skills and a business model in a fully supported environment without the cost outlay and risk of starting a new business alone.
The organisation has been piloting food and culture pop-ups for three years and the Restaurant Residency program incorporates experience and feedback from local foodies.
“We are thrilled to expand on our emerging residencies programming offering food creatives a unique opportunity to invest in their potential,” Fun Haus Creative Director Glitta Supernova said.
“This is a celebration of Coastie food culture.
“We see foodmakers as creators and explorers; food brings us together and is a passion for the makers and receivers as well as being an immersive experience that connects people.
“For the Naughty Noodle, food is part of our organisation’s continued evolution and as we continue to lead the way with innovative local solutions to real challenges we face as a community this program is an organic expansion of the creative definition.
“Food can transcend cultural borders and highlights creativity and ingenuity.
“This is the first residency of its kind and supports contemporary food practice by championing the experimental, the transitional and the interdisciplinary.”
Board Member Juan Iocco said the pandemic forced restaurants to halt indoor dining or even close their doors permanently.
“The effects of the coronavirus are still being felt by restaurant owners across the country as the industry, much like the arts, struggles to reset itself,” he said.
“As innovators and creatures, we have been forced into creating new ways to empower, engage and enliven community to meet the present local challenges as well as open up diversified revenue streams.
“This program is calling out to people who can excel at their passion and deliver excellence and we are backing that up with our restaurant start-up residency which will enable, engage and kick start those local entrepreneurs.
“(It will also) increase Gosford night-time economy, foot traffic and contemporary options.”
The Restaurant Residency program welcomes innovative ideas and bold food projects from a diverse range of voices and is open to individual, collaborative and group proposals from applicants.
Applications close on June 30.
For more details and to apply go to naughtynoodle.com.au/food.
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Naughty Noodle Fun Haus
What a great opportunity. Well done
This sounds amazing 🤩 I’m so excited to try this out.