Come up with a mission statement for your new company. This can be anything at all that you want the business to achieve. With a business in cooking, you probably want to make delicious and unique food items that keep people coming back for more. Perhaps you want to sell a lot at a cheap price, or perhaps you want your profits to come from selling a few gourmet-style dishes. It is in your power to choose the mission and purpose of your own company.
Create a business plan. If you do not know how to make one, get the help of a friend, lawyer or business professional. You can also look towards the Small Business Association. The Small Business Association dedicated a portion of their website to this because it is critical to the success of a business. See the link in the resources section below to find the Small Business Association's website.
Consider whether or not you want to do a sole proprietorship, a LLC, or a corporation. There are even different types of corporations. This all depends on whether you have partners, and it also depends upon the liability that you are willing to take for the company. Make this choice wisely. The most popular choice is LLC because it protects you from personal liability, yet there is not as much paperwork as there would be for a corporation.
Name your cooking business. Think of a clever name that is cooking or food-related. You want easy accessibility of your website and brand name recognition.
Register the domain name of your business now that it has been chosen. Make sure that it has a memorable website address as almost every business must have one these days. Premier Website Solution offers great deals and it is no additional charge if you want to do a private registration to protect your identity from nosy searchers on the web.
Create a website, or have one created for you. It is ideal if your customers can order online, but it must be a web presence at the very least with basic information about you and your company. Premier Website Solutions is a great international company where you can have your site designed and you can also host your site from the same company. You will find the link to it under the resources section.
Create the business by filing it with your state. There is a website called Legal Zoom that can register your corporation for you. You can do it yourself, however. You could also register your business through a lawyer. Whatever works for you.
Volunteer your services for a couple of initial clients. Do a fantastic job and that will be a powerful advertisement. Word of mouth is the most popular form of advertisement on the planet so make sure to do what you can to make your customers happy.
Advertise and expand. Congratulations! You are now in business. The thing to do now is to advertise and establish a large customer base for your business in cooking.