What's cooking

You start by contacting your local SBA (Small Business Admin.) center in your state. They can give you directions as to how you can start, finance & manage your business by giving you resources & advice. You can start by going here: http://www.sba.gov.

Just wanted to say good luck. I would suggest trying to work for some popular restraunts first to get your name out there. That way when you open, peopl already know you are a great cook. A lot of new fast food and restraunt businesses don't last more than a year. It would help it peopl knew the food would be good before ever going there.

Oh that will be great! I need the same advice but i need Australian Info cos i want to open a cafe next year. Good luck with it all!! :)

My mum too is such a great cook ; but got not the means(capital) to enhance/spice her gift up ,by taking up a catering career course in an institution and ofcourse a start-up capital. l would advice that you go ahead and start your biz ,from the necessary/basics ie. like getting the overall cost of starting up the biz; u could consult a professional in the business for better guidelines. Hope that helps .

First of all, you should have a start up capital that can hold up for like three months of operation. By then, you would know if your business will make it or not. Then, just like in any kind of business, you've got to have a good location. Also, you got to have a signage coz a business without signage is a sign of no business. And for fast foods, you should serve good, reasonably priced food with quality service. Remember, customers are almost always right. Good luck!