Home kitchens in Virginia
136 home kitchens listed in Virginia and counting. Browse the directory, check the rules, claim your kitchen, or list your own.
Find a home kitchen in Virginia
136 listings — by track: 86 cottage producers · 50 street vendors. Search, filter, or use your location to sort by distance.
Three tracks, three different kinds of food business. 🍳 Home Kitchen — Meals: permitted home kitchens cooking meals. 🥧 Cottage Food — Shelf-Stable: home producers of shelf-stable foods (baked goods, jams, candy) — preorder / pickup, not restaurant-style reservations. 🌮 Street Food — Sidewalk & Mobile: vendors selling in public places — they do NOT cook from home kitchens; they hold different permits and are walk-up only, with no bookings. Listings badged 🌾 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.
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🍳 Run a home kitchen in Virginia?
Claim your listing with proof of your Virginia Home food processing exemption — low-risk foods (§ 3.2-5130(C)(3)) permit, license, or registration — whichever your program issues — 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 — 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 — walk-up only, no bookings.
The rules in Virginia
⚖️ Virginia home-kitchen laws — snapshot
State-run Home food processing exemption — low-risk foods (§ 3.2-5130(C)(3))Home food processing exemption — acidified vegetables (§ 3.2-5130(C)(4))Home food processing exemption — honey (§ 3.2-5130(C)(5))
Sales cap: Low-risk exempt foods: no sales cap (the statute and VDACS FAQ impose no dollar limit). Acidified vegetables (pH ≤ 4.6): $9,000 in total annual gross sales per…
Allowed foods: Exempt tier (no permit, no inspection): low-risk foods listed in § 3.2-5130(C)(3) — baked goods, candies, cereals, coated/uncoated nuts, cotton candy, dried…
Start your own
👩🍳 Start a home kitchen in Virginia
One statewide agency sets the rules in Virginia — follow the general roadmap, then check your state guide for the specifics.
Events & news in Virginia
Recent changes: 2024: HB759 (Acts of Assembly c. 131, effective 2024) expanded the exemption to allow sales at temporary events lasting no more than 14 consecutive days and affirmed that exempt producers may advertise their products on the internet. 2026: HB402 (patron Callsen; approved by Governor 4/13/2026, Chapter 605, effective 7/1/2026) is the biggest recent change — exempt home producers may now sell…
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