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Demo Day

  • Hudson Kitchen 9 Basin Drive Kearny, NJ, 07032 United States (map)

Join us for the culminating event of Hudson Kitchen’s Food Business Bootcamp® Startup Accelerator, an evening showcasing emerging packaged food founders and the next generation of CPG brands.

Over an eight-week period, the cohort has refined their products, clarified their brand positioning, built financial models, and prepared their businesses for market growth. Demo Day brings together a curated group of founders, investors, buyers, operators, and industry leaders to discover new brands and support the next stage of growth for these businesses.

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Why Attend

  • Discover emerging CPG brands early — Meet founders building the next generation of packaged food products.

  • Connect with the CPG ecosystem — Network with founders, investors, buyers, operators, and advisors.

  • Taste new products — Sample products from the presenting brands.

  • Support early-stage founders — Be part of a community helping emerging food businesses grow.

The Presenting Brands

  • Daramel — Date caramel

  • Mucha Macha — Mexican-style chili crisp salsa

  • Chicka Chew — Vietnamese-style dried chicken snack

  • Next Level Grains — Ancient grain cookies

  • Irie Brew Kombucha — Caribbean-inspired kombucha

  • C'est Si Bon — Spicy pickled vegetable condiment

  • Morty’s Bread — Sourdough sandwich bread

What to Expect

  • Founder presentations from the Bootcamp cohort

  • Product sampling from the presenting brands

  • Networking with founders and industry professionals

  • Wine Bar and Heavy hors d’oeuvres


Guests will have time to sample products and connect with founders during the networking reception.

The Food Business Bootcamp is presented by Wells Fargo.

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