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Platform Kitchen Operations

What is Platform Kitchen Operations (PKO)? 

A Platform Kitchen Operation (PKO) is a retail food delivery or curbside pick-up service that operates out of a permitted commissary kitchen in Nevada County. PKO’s do not have dine-in seating capability or an onsite point of sale for customers/patrons, the operation is strictly food delivery or curbside pick-up only.

How it Works:

The food entrepreneur would develop an online platform where customers view the menu, place orders, and pay through the website or by phone during specified days and times of operation. No customer transactions occur in-person at the commissary. After an order is placed through the online platform, the food is then delivered to the customer by the PKO operator, 3rd party food delivery service, or the customer may pick up the order curbside at the commissary kitchen. Customers/patrons ARE NOT PERMITTED to enter the commissary kitchen. All orders and payment transactions MUST OCCUR via online or by phone.

Industrial kitchen with steal appliances in an island and utensils hanging over the island.

Operational Conditions:

ALL food preparation, food storage and equipment storage for a Platform Kitchen Operation occurs in the permitted commissary kitchen. NO food preparation or storage shall occur in a private residential kitchen. The PKO owner/operator is required to maintain a commissary kitchen agreement that is signed by the commissary kitchen permit holder. 

No other food operators or commissary users (i.e. caterers, food trucks, food processors or other PKOs) may operate in the commissary kitchen while the PKO is in operation. The PKO owner/operator and commissary kitchen permit holder must agree on an operational schedule so that NO MORE THAN ONE food operation is conducted in the commissary at one given time.  The PKO owner/operator is required to maintain a commissary usage log and sign in on the log EACH TIME they use the commissary kitchen. Usage Logs must be signed by the commissary owner and submitted to NCDEH on A QUARTERLY BASIS.

How to Apply:

Submit the following documents to NCDEH:

Resources:

Fees for Platform Kitchen Operation

Permit to Operate a “PKO Food Facility-0-Seats”.$357.30
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