1400 Food Lab

1400 Food Lab is a caterer in Columbus, OH, operating as a membership-based commissary kitchen that doubles as a commercial test kitchen and food experience center. It serves aspiring food entrepreneurs, professional chefs, and food enthusiasts with production, storage, and event spaces across 16,000 square feet. The facility holds a rating of 4.70 based on 71 reviews.

Founded in 2017, 1400 Food Lab provides a range of member services built around its 16,000 square feet of commercial kitchen, production, and event space. The facility handles general licensing, health inspections, and building maintenance so member businesses can concentrate on growing, and it offers private spaces for rent as those businesses expand. Members include caterers, dog food makers, ghost kitchens, and cookie bakers working out of the building.

The production floor includes four hot-line stations, each equipped with a hood, a six-burner stove, and both convection and conduction ovens. One station carries a 12-gallon steam-jacketed kettle and another has extra hood room for specialty equipment. Six cold production and prep stations give members access to mixers ranging from 6 to 40 quarts, a dough sheeter, grinders, and other specialty tools. The Food Truck Base Camp provides 21 utility and non-utility spaces along with a drive-thru alley for packing up after shifts. More than 40 cold storage units, dry storage rentals, equipment storage for oversized items like espresso machines and cotton candy makers, and a Food Cart Membership covering regulatory and inspection needs round out the offerings.

1400 Food Lab sits on Dublin Road, with West 5th Avenue about four-tenths of a mile away and McKinley Avenue roughly half a mile from the facility. Marble Cliff City Hall is about half a mile south, and Hidden Lake sits within four-tenths of a mile.

The business carries a consistently high customer rating and a steady record of repeat and referred business, reflecting how it has served Columbus food entrepreneurs since 2017. Its combination of shared production space, storage, and regulatory support has made it a practical starting point for small food companies across the city.