Home kitchens in New Hampshire

24 home kitchens listed in New Hampshire and counting. Browse the directory, check the rules, claim your kitchen, or list your own.

Find a home kitchen in New Hampshire

24 listings โ€” by track: 14 cottage producers ยท 10 street vendors. Search, filter, or use your location to sort by distance.

Three tracks, three different kinds of food business. ๐Ÿณ Home Kitchen โ€” Meals: permitted home kitchens cooking meals. ๐Ÿฅง Cottage Food โ€” Shelf-Stable: home producers of shelf-stable foods (baked goods, jams, candy) โ€” preorder / pickup, not restaurant-style reservations. ๐ŸŒฎ Street Food โ€” Sidewalk & Mobile: vendors selling in public places โ€” they do NOT cook from home kitchens; they hold different permits and are walk-up only, with no bookings. Listings badged ๐ŸŒพ Food Freedom sit under a state law broader than cottage food; in the track filter they count under Meals when they sell hot/prepared food and under Cottage when they sell shelf-stable goods.

๐Ÿณ Home Kitchen โ€” Meals ๐Ÿฅง Cottage Food ๐ŸŒฎ Street Food ๐ŸŒพ Food Freedom ๐Ÿšฉ Selling spot โ€” where to find them Solid pin + โœ“ = Verified permit Hollow pin = Community-listed

๐Ÿ”’ Pins show the city or neighborhood, not exact addresses โ€” home kitchens' exact locations stay private.

๐ŸŒฎ Know a stand, cart, or home kitchen in New Hampshire that isn't listed here? Spot a vendor โ†’ Photograph it, add what you know, and it lists as a community spot the vendor can claim free.

๐Ÿณ Run a home kitchen in New Hampshire?

Claim your listing with proof of your New Hampshire Exempt Homestead Food Operation (no license required) permit, license, or registration โ€” whichever your program issues โ€” and unlock the Owner Studio: your logo and colors, photos, menu, reviews, QR code, and booking requests.

Street & mobile vendors: you are a separate track โ€” you do not cook from a home kitchen. Claim with your mobile/sidewalk vending permit (in the permit type your state or county issues) and your profile shows your typical area and where you are often found โ€” walk-up only, no bookings.

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The rules in New Hampshire

โš–๏ธ New Hampshire home-kitchen laws โ€” snapshot

State-run Exempt Homestead Food Operation (no license required)Licensed Homestead Food Operation (Class H Homestead License under RSA 143-A:4)

Sales cap: No sales cap. HB 119-FN (2023, Chapter 180; homestead provisions effective October 3, 2023) removed the former $35,000 maximum annual gross sales threshold forโ€ฆ

Allowed foods: Only non-potentially hazardous foods (foods that do not require time and temperature control for safety, i.e., non-TCS) may be produced and sold under Newโ€ฆ

Read the full New Hampshire law guide โ†’

Start your own

๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿณ Start a home kitchen in New Hampshire

One statewide agency sets the rules in New Hampshire โ€” follow the general roadmap, then check your state guide for the specifics.

How to start a home kitchen โ†’

Events & news in New Hampshire

Recent changes: 2023: HB 119-FN (Chapter 180, signed 8/4/2023; homestead provisions eff. 10/3/2023) removed the former $35,000 maximum annual gross sales threshold for the homestead licensure exemption in RSA 143-A:5, VII โ€” New Hampshire homestead food sales are now uncapped. A separate 2023 bill, HB 122-FN ('relative to microenterprise home kitchen operations'), which would have created a MEHKO-styleโ€ฆ

National home-kitchen news โ†’ ยท New Hampshire Movement โ†’

๐Ÿ”” Launch & law alerts for New Hampshire

Get told when kitchens launch in New Hampshire or its home-food laws change. Read the current New Hampshire law guide while you wait.

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