Rental Contract & Application

There is a ZERO TOLERANCE policy regarding signed commissary agreements with our kitchen. If a renter is found to be cooking from home or in any other kitchen while claiming to any entity to be working from The Cutting Edge Community Rental Kitchen, they will immediately be banned from further kitchen use and any health department that holds a signed commissary agreement from us will be notified. The commissary agreement will be made null and void, and no refunds will be given.

Additionally, if a renter discontinues their monthly kitchen rental for any reason, the signed commissary agreement will automatically become null and void, and the appropriate health department will be notified immediately. Renters may not continue operating under The Cutting Edge Community Rental Kitchen commissary agreement once their monthly rental agreement has ended.

The term of this agreement shall be for the dates and times requested in the attached application. The renter shall pay to The Cutting Edge Community Rental Kitchen the agreed upon rental amount, which will be due monthly and charged to a credit card on file for the duration of this contract. This rental amount includes basic kitchen rental, utilities, and equipment usage. If for any reason the credit card being charged is declined, renter will be notified immediately. Access to the kitchen will be restricted until a working credit card has been supplied. After 48 hours, any reserved kitchen time may be cancelled if no alternate payment method is supplied.

Renter agrees to abide by the following rules, and agrees that upon violation of said rules, The Cutting Edge Community Kitchen has the option to terminate this rental and demand that tenant vacate the premises.

• 1.) The kitchen is a shared-use facility equipped with a 4 burner commercial stove, 24" griddle, 20 lb fryer, full-size convection oven, two mini convection ovens, 5 quart and 20-quart mixers, sinks, refrigerators, freezer, prep tables, dry and cold storage, and other food preparation equipment plus all cleaning equipment needed.


• 2.) It is the renter’s responsibility to furnish all specialty small wares needed for their food process.


• 3.) It is also the renter’s responsibility to ensure that the kitchen and equipment are maintained and left in a sanitary and orderly state at the end of each rental period.


• 4.) The Cutting Edge Community Rental Kitchen shall maintain the kitchen in a sanitary and orderly state and ensure that all equipment available to the renter operates to all applicable health and safety standards.


• 5.) The renter shall furnish their own food, spices, and specialty items necessary for their process.


• 6.) When processing or food preparation is completed for the day the renter must remove their food and equipment from the kitchen or store it in a rented storage space in the kitchen. All stored items must be properly washed and sanitized.


• 7.) If you are storing products or ingredients in the facility, you must check your stock for current dates and follow all Health Department guidelines. Storage fees will apply.


• 8.) The renter shall be solely responsible for any fines or fees levied by the Knox County Health Department or the State of Tennessee related to their activities in the kitchen.


• 9.) Renter shall report any personal injuries or property damage arising at any time during and/or arising out of the renter’s use/occupancy of the kitchen.


• 10.) Renter is solely responsible for supervising all individuals in the kitchen during your rental time.


• 11.) Renter shall not admit more than two additional individuals in the kitchen during your rental time.


• 12.) Each renter is allowed two parking spaces while using the facility.


• 13.) All persons entering the kitchen must have a health department or other Knox County approved food safety training certificate.


• 14.) All individuals working in the kitchen are required to wear hair covering in the form of a hat or hairnet and an apron. Proper attire is required when using the kitchen.
  


• 15.) The Cutting Edge Community Rental Kitchen reserves the right to evict individuals from the facility at any time if their conduct is deemed to be destructive or detrimental in any way.


• 16.) Under no circumstances shall the renter allow any other organization or individual to use the kitchen for the period that the renter has contracted.


• 17.) The Cutting Edge Community Rental Kitchen reserves the right to charge additional expenses for the damages to the facility or equipment to the renter’s credit/debit card on file.


• 18.) No furniture or equipment shall be removed from the premises unless it has been approved by Management.


• 19.) Smoking is not permitted in the facility.


• 20.) Drugs, alcohol, and firearms are not permitted in the facility.


• 21.) Animals or children under the age of 16 are not permitted in the facility.


• 22.) All trash in and about the facility must be removed on a daily basis and placed in the trash dumpster located outside the building. Replace trash can liners after emptying trash.


• 23.) Rental time begins at the scheduled start time and ends at the scheduled stop time. All setup and clean up must be completed within this time frame. You must be vacated from the rental space by the scheduled end time.


• 24.) The kitchen should be clean and left the way it was when you entered it. We conduct routine inspections, and if we find that the kitchen has not been left clean, the renter will be subject to a $100 cleaning fee charged to the payment method on file.


• 25.) No refunds will be given for unused rental time or hours.


• 26.) Exiting the kitchen after your predetermined time will result in a charge for additional time in one hour increments.


• 27.) All kitchen rental times and dates will be pre-scheduled by you and with the approval of management. Once your schedule is placed on the calendar it cannot be exchanged without a written request via email to jalunnijr@gmail.com and all changes are subject to availability. Schedule changes can only be made within the current month and cannot be extended past that.


• 28.) Smoking is not permitted in the facility or within 30 feet of the building.