The region’s most open pitch competition

Cooking for Comfort is founded around the idea of finding your comfort. Mental health impacts everyone and it is important for people to find what is comforting to them. Cooking for Comfort's goal is to bring people together through food to create a supportive mental health community. Cooking is our comfort - what's yours?

GOODIES uses from scratch recipes from cultures all around the world to nurture your babies palate. Our goal is not only to eliminate the gross preservatives the current industry puts into your babies source of nutrients, but to cultivate the palates of our next generation of foodies.

Cassie Puffs are made using all organic ingredients, resulting in a low-calorie tasty snack for everyone to enjoy! Get ready to take on a whole bag full, Cassie Puffs are simple, fun, and healthy!

create bold and healthy plant based cereal and snacks sourcing grain from our 7th generation farm

Ready for a new experience? DA Boils Market is a hands-on experience from start to finish. Beginning with self-service access to all ingredients, we allow you the freedom and control to create your own seafood boil bag. Next, you choose a spice level and we will create a tasty butter sauce from the ‘What's Ya Flava’ seasoning options. You will then take chosen food items to ‘DA Steam Bar’ to be cooked. Finally, the best part… it's time to get your hands dirty and feast! DA Boils Market will be takeout but we will offer a dine-in area.

My Idea is introduce the world to a new brand of barbecue sauce made with wine, 0.5% alcohol which makes it available for all people to consume even children. Our sauces are unique as the wine brings out the flavor on whatever it's put on. Vegans and Vegetarians can use it on vegetables, Jackfruit to bring flavor. Our sauce is very versatile it can be used as a dipping sauce, marinate and goes well with recipes.

I got an idea for a solar power tablet a solar power laptop the idea would be to put a solar power on the back of a tablet and when you outside at the park or you outside in the summer whatever it could be waterproof for the winter and you just collect the sunlight and it has an extra battery stored up in there got to run for about an hour or two to save your information same with the laptop you can charge up you could be able to go you could be riding somewhere and just get sunlight from a source through a window charge the device up and there you go

Raphael's Donuts is the world's first-ever diabetic-safe, allergy-safe gluten-free vegan donut brand & company.

Estella’s Vegan Dessert Boutique is Detroits first all vegan bakery. Opened in 2021, inside Grand River Workplace as a temporary pop up. After a successful 9 month trial run. We are ready to find our permanent location in Detroit but need financial help.

Empanadas de yuca- gluten free

Who doesn't want chili for a hot dog? Red Hots offers a chili sauce that is conveniently microwavable, and utilizes real ground chuck, onions, and garlic. We do not add any preservatives, additives, or colorings!

Giovanni's Seasoning is a multipurpose, all purpose seasoning. Great for your favorite man dishes and side dishes. It's a seasoning that turns into a sauce, and is an all in one seasoning so it even cost effective.

MySahara Tea is born out of a need to share with the world an ancient cultural tea recipe that has been enjoyed in Northern Nigeria for hundreds of years. MySahara Tea is part of a movement called "Trade not aid". This movement has energized us to bring to market one of the finest herbal tea blends made by a single mother of two children from Northern Nigeria. Through fair trade we are lifting communities out of poverty. While sipping a cup of MySahara Tea, you are participating in our mission " Together We Rise".

Sometimes a dream needs a little boost. Kuntry Cookin' desires to be that fuel via "Uncle Rohn's Table" - a ghost kitchen for the brilliant and creative culinarians of my community. This ghost kitchen will open up opportunities for the multitude of home based chefs that don't have the financial resources or legal space to create their wonderful dishes or prepare for large caterings. Just as my Uncle Rohn fostered and loved on the creativity of Kuntry Cookin', we desire to do the same with this all inclusive and equitable culinary hub. Everyone is welcome around "Uncle Rohn's Table"

We are a cheesecake business that invests in our community to help teach others business. We use our resources to help other gain confidence in helping them grow.

My idea is the Farm to Table Dessert Experience. It would be an extension of our dessert services, that focus strictly on utilizing in season produce to create uniquely flavored desserts. It would focus on building relationships with community farmers, specifically minority owned, to guarantee our customers the freshest and tastiest desserts on this fun and creative menu.

Whippin' Good Eats offers easy to make gluten free mixes which provide fresh and healthy solutions and flexible finished products. The baking mixes are for anyone whether due to a gluten allergy, sensitivity, chosen lifestyle or people baking to accommodate those with such an allergy for any occasion.