I do wedding cakes etc. in Ohio and Iam trying to figure out what I need to buy wholesale.Foods aren't taxable, so I don't need a vendors license. I am a sole propreiter so I don't need a FID#. I inquired at Country kitchen they said I don't qualify becausei don't have a business listed phone number and gave me the name of a cake supply shop that only requires a business license. When I looked up licensing for home bakeries in Ohio it says one of the requirements is only one oven and I have two...so I am not sure what type of license to apply for or how else to go about buying wholesale. Can anyone in ohio help me?
Hello, the one oven is for Cottage Foods, licensing is different.
I have attached a link to the licensing part of Ohio rules.
http://www.ohioagriculture.gov/oda3/_Apps/Admn_License/Default.aspx
As long as you have no carpet or pets you are good. Be sure to check in your city though, some have different rules with in Ohio. What area are you in?
Tracy
Thank you for responding!
This is what I found under the cottage foods section, and I actually have more than one oven not a double oven.
Home" means the primary residence occupied by the residence's owner, on the condition that the residence contains only one stove or oven used for cooking, which may be a double oven, designed for common residence usage and not for commercial usage, and that the stove or oven be operated in an ordinary kitchen within the residence.
but even if I qualify as "cottage foods" and don't need a liscense that doesn't help me with purchasing wholesale.
Asfar as the vendors #- my understanding is that I can't get one since cakes/foods aren't taxable (if not consumed on the premises) and vendor's numbers are for taxable items.
is this correct as far as your undersatnding?
I live in the Cincinnati area
My understanding is if you become licensed you do not have to go by the cottage rules as you are not a cottage industry any longer( 1 oven.) I am not sure of the exact rules for working out of your home as licensed though..
I would call the local office of the dept. of Agr. and ask them. They should be able to help you out for your specific area. They should be open now!
Tracy
if country kitchen wants a business listed phone number, why not get a seperate phone line just for biz? did CK need a license number too?
You need the vendor's license to purchase items at wholesale, not to sell them....at least that is my understanding.
It also sounds like that as long as your 2 ovens are residential ovens (not large commercial ovens), then you are fine. I know many people who have more than one residential oven in their home because they have large family gatherings and like to entertain a lot. I think the DOA doesn't want you to have a huge commerical oven in your house and start pumping out tons of food and turn your house into a bakery! I'm sure your neighbors would appreciate that as well, though the smells would be lovely.
If you read Country Kitchen's website, you will understand that they are wanting to sell more to cake supply stores rather than home bakers. The stores will buy more inventory than an end user will and that is CK's goal..... to sell lots of inventory. That's why they not only want your license number, but your business phone and your hours of operation, so they can confirm you are a "real" business.
juliecake,
Are you within the Cin. city limits? If so do you have a sep. kitchen from your home. Because when I called the city about baking from my house they told me that I had to have a sep. kitchen to do so even though the state will allow me to bake from my home. Just wondering?
juliecake,
Are you within the Cin. city limits? If so do you have a sep. kitchen from your home. Because when I called the city about baking from my house they told me that I had to have a sep. kitchen to do so even though the state will allow me to bake from my home. Just wondering?
you're right, within cincy limits you can't sell from home legally. thats why i purposely got my apartment in sycamore twnship. but i plan on renting kitchen space anyway, it will just make my biz so much easier, especially for multi cake weekends. but i can still bake and sell the occasional cake from home if necessary.
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