here in St. Louis, where shroomgirl and I live, we have to have commercial quality kitchens and/or be licensed as such. Some parts of the country you do not. You may just need the county health inspector to do periodic check-ups of your place.
I do agree that ony a few people would be very limiting to your income. Maybe it's because you feel too many more people would be a bit much? We have a grocery store chain here that has excellent cooking classes provided for any level of foodies, where the "class size' is usually 10-12 people. Not everyone participates, in actual cooking, but everyone eats the food(s) prepared. Class prices range from about $25 - $50 last I checked. And last for a few hours.
I noticed on your website that you are in Florida, you'll probably get more money than we would here, and there's nothing saying you couldn't charge at least $100 for a whole (6 hour) day of teaching and cooking with each other, as well as tasting what you've all prepared. i'd love to have a chance to do this, where I could somewhat control what happened, as it's much different as you know, than a restaurant setting, and you can get people who actually want to learn something, not just people wanting some money as a job they may not be totally interested in.
Sorry to ramble on Sir.
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