The Ultimate Cottage Bakery Startup Checklist

A free beginner-friendly roadmap to help you start your cottage bakery.

Dreaming about starting a cottage bakery but aren't sure where to begin?

Between cottage food laws, permits, pricing, supplies, branding, packaging, and figuring out what needs to happen before you accept your first order, starting a home bakery can quickly feel overwhelming.

The Le Chéri Ultimate Cottage Bakery Startup Checklist gives you a simple roadmap of the major steps to research, plan, and complete as you begin turning your baking skills into a business.

And it's completely FREE. ♡

🍒 Your Cottage Bakery Starting Roadmap

Use the checklist to work through important areas of starting your bakery, including:

Cottage Food Laws + Requirements

Start researching the rules that apply to selling homemade food where you live.

Business Setup + Permits

Identify licenses, permits, food-handler requirements, and registrations you may need to research.

Products + Pricing

Start planning what you'll sell and how you'll approach pricing your products.

Kitchen + Bakery Essentials

Think through the equipment, supplies, ingredients, and tools you'll need to get started.

Branding + Packaging

Begin developing how your bakery will look, feel, and present its products to customers.

Preparing to Launch

Work through important tasks before you begin accepting your first orders.

Common Beginner Mistakes

Avoid overlooking some of the details new cottage bakers often miss when getting started.

💗 This Checklist Is For You If...

• You've been thinking about selling your baked goods from home
• You have no idea where to start
• You're researching cottage food laws for the first time
• You want to understand what you may need before taking orders
• You're planning your bakery but feel overwhelmed by everything on your to-do list
• You want a simple starting point instead of trying to figure everything out at once

You don't need to have your entire bakery figured out today.

You just need to know what to work on next.

📖 What You'll Receive

🍒 4-page Cottage Bakery Startup Checklist

🍒 Beginner-friendly startup roadmap

🍒 Printable digital PDF

🍒 Instant digital download

🍒 100% FREE

Save it to your phone, print a copy for your bakery notebook, and check off each step as you work toward opening your cottage bakery.

🍒 Your Next Step: Learn How to Price Your Products

Once you've started working through your bakery setup, there's another important question you'll need to answer:

What should I actually charge?

Your selling price needs to account for more than flour, butter, and sugar. Packaging, labor, overhead, and profit can all affect what your products actually need to sell for.

The Le Chéri Bakery Pricing & Profit Workbook walks you through the pricing process step-by-step using your own bakery's numbers.

You'll learn how to work through:

Ingredients • Packaging • Labor • Overhead • Profit • Selling Price

So instead of simply guessing what to charge or copying another baker's prices, you can make more informed pricing decisions for your own business.

🍒 Look for the Bakery Pricing & Profit Workbook in the Le Chéri shop when you're ready for your next step.

A Quick Note

Cottage food laws and business requirements vary by state and local jurisdiction. This checklist is intended for general educational and organizational purposes and is not legal, tax, or regulatory advice.

Always verify current requirements with the appropriate state, county, and/or local agencies before selling food from home.

Ready to start planning your cottage bakery?

Download your FREE Cottage Bakery Startup Checklist and start working through your first steps today. 🍒