The catering industry has now developed as branch of operation firmly established in agriculture. As a result, farm gastronomy is also playing an increasingly important role. Catering businesses intertwined with the agricultural company are summarized under the umbrella term “farm gastronomy.”
More and more businesses want to open courtyard cafés or integrate café corners into existing farm shops or nurseries. Rural restaurateurs often renovate vacant buildings such as former stables or barns and convert them into small cafés. However, many organizational and legal issues arise when implementing such projects. The cost-intensive investment should be well planned so that the courtyard café, bistro or snack bar works.
Products and services directly from farms in the region are more in demand today than ever before.
Fresh and high-quality food is now available in full trend And this makes the concept of your own farm shop a suitable idea. Plenty of space on the farm, a good location or the primary products they produce themselves are good reasons for many farmers to run farm catering. The new farm cafés have another advantage: They are created where visitors like to relax, mostly surrounded by greenery, in front of a fantastic backdrop.
Food and drinks on the farm give you a local feeling of being close to the source of food. Home-made regional and seasonal specialities stand out from the usual for many guests and are tempting.
Most ingredients come from our own farming and are enriched with regional products from local direct marketers, bakers, butchers and breweries. The concept and supply are therefore also dependent on the farmers of the farm or the region. Restaurateurs who cannot support themselves need farmers in the surrounding area who can supply them with typical regional products.
The advantages of regional products are obvious: They have short transport routes, can mature and are freshly harvested on the table. Good opportunities, therefore, for direct marketers.
Farm restaurateurs benefit from customers as their stay on the farm is extended and sales increase. Court gastronomy is therefore also suitable for direct marketing.
A trip to a farm café can be combined with shopping on the farm. Many farm cafés have a farm shop with regional delicacies and handicraft products. Either the inn or café offers additional products or the farm shop invites you to go shopping.
Agricultural businesses that want to get into farm catering are generally subject to the same framework conditions and regulations confronted by other catering establishments.
If you want to set up your own café, you of course need a precise idea of what it should look like.
Unfortunately, there is no complete overview of all requirements, permits and regulations for cafés. These depend heavily on the federal state in which you want to open your café. However, as long as the sale is only for consumption in the catering establishment without out-of-home sales, registration in the craft roll is not necessary!
The Food and Agriculture Offices act as contacts for direct agricultural marketers and entrepreneurs who want to set up a branch of farm catering.
Approvals & Requirements [Checklist]: https://gruenderdeutsch.de/unternehmen-gruenden/cafe-eroeffnen-genehmigungen/
