For restaurants, chefs & meal preppers

Cook with what your neighbours grow

You know the difference an ingredient makes. CFT is bringing the growers in your area onto one table, so you can cook with what grows near you.

Juiceries, bakeries, soup makers, meal preppers and restaurants all apply the same way, as a community partner.

Why you matter

Your menu becomes a local market
When your ingredients come from nearby growers, food travels a short distance and the growers around you have a buyer.
You feed people directly
A restaurant prepares for its own guests, and prepared food can go straight to a person. You are where the network reaches the plate.
You show what local tastes like
Guests who eat your food are the people most likely to buy from a grower next.

These keep the community honest and the food local. See what we accept for the standards each food has to meet.

Ordering isn't open yet. Nothing is bought or sold on CFT today.
Tell us what you prepare and which ingredients you want to source from growers in the network.
Your application is reviewed before your kitchen is public, and it is listed on the partners page only if you allow a public listing.
After approval you set your own price for each thing you offer. CFT does not suggest or change it. Inventory is optional.
What you list on CFT follows the same ingredient rule as any prepared food. Every ingredient in a meal or prepared item must be something normally found in a home kitchen. No ingredients known by a scientific or chemical name, and no such additives or preservatives. List every ingredient on each prepared item. Buyers see the full list and how many ingredients there are, and we really like minimal ingredients.
Name a grower as your source only when you really bought from them. Don't call a dish local unless its ingredients are.
When you pack an order for pickup or delivery, food never touches plastic in transit. Pack it in paper, glass, metal, wood, cloth or beeswax wrap. No plastic bags, film, clamshells or plastic-lined containers. For jars, use lids that keep plastic off the food, such as glass lids with rubber rings. Ice and cold packs never touch the food, wrapped or not. A cooler is fine when the food inside is packed in something that isn't plastic.
You are responsible for knowing and meeting the rules that apply to your products, such as licences and food safety.