Sussex County Kitchen Incubator to launch program that will supply senior meal delivery

Georgetown, Del., Sept. 25, 2025: Sussex County is cooking up a new program to put food on the table for some of Delaware's most vulnerable citizens.

This October, the Sussex County Kitchen Incubator will launch the Feeding Every Delawarean program, which will partner local food entrepreneurs with Sussex County Seniors Services (CHEER) to produce and distribute meals throughout the community. Members of the Incubator, which serves as a commercial kitchen for small operators to create and sell their goods, will supply the meals at cost to CHEER, which will then deliver them to senior centers.

To make the program possible, the Kitchen Incubator, managed by the County's Economic Development office, is using a $12,500 grant from the Delaware Grocery Initiative, an effort to boost programs throughout the state aimed at eliminating 'food deserts', or areas that have been identified as lacking access to affordable, healthy options, particularly to fruits and vegetables.

"I knew that we had this great commercial kitchen and a team of passionate culinary experts with our incubator, and I saw an opportunity to help solve a community problem," said Sussex County Economic Development Director Andrew D. Harton, who developed the program and submitted the grant application. "Our incubator members know how to make great food, but we needed a strong partner that could be an outlet, and we found that in CHEER. This is like pairing two great, complementary dishes together for one satisfying meal."

For more information on the Kitchen Incubator and the Feeding Every Delawarean (FED) program, visit www.sussexkitchende.com.

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