MINERAL POINT, Wis. -- For those who have a "one of a kind recipe" in the kitchen, turning that special dish into a business is not an easy journey.

But one professional kitchen is helping upstart businesses get their feet in the door.

The Wisconsin Innovation Kitchen in Mineral Point is giving entrepreneurs and small businesses a chance to succeed by providing the facilities and resources needed to get off the ground.

By day, Sue Brunett is baking up desserts at Brewery Creek. She said she's looking to start her own business, using locally grown produce in a new product.

"The products I'm making, I'm calling Flavor Fling. They're some innovative products that elevate food to the next level," said Brunett, who is starting a company named after her product.

Without a state-licensed kitchen at home, she said she can't sell it to retailers.

Matt D'Amour had an idea of his own.

"Originally I developed the product because I had a food intolerance myself and I wanted to have an alternative for a bread option as well as cereal and granola," said D'Amour of Inside Out Wellness.

He found himself in the same position as Brunett.

"In order to get it into a licensed retail shop, you have to have certain certifications and all the requirements that must be met. That's when I started to look for a place to produce it out of," said D'Amour.

To turn their ideas into viable businesses, both Brunett and D'Amour are turning to the Wisconsin Innovation Kitchen.

The facility is available to rent for entrepreneurs to produce their own product, or pass it along to the facility's staff, WISC-TV reported.

"In this case, you can come in with a recipe or some ingredients from your farm of small business and have them process it. That's completely unique in the United States," said Rick Terrien, executive director of the Iowa County Area Economic Development Corporation.

The concept is to help small or new businesses grow by reducing operating costs. One measure is done by partnering with several producers and buying materials in bulk.

"They buy so much here, sugar, large quantities. Purchasing through them, we can get it at a much better price," said Janet Warrick, who is starting a confectionery company called Cocomand.

Warrick can produce her confectioneries at home in her own certified kitchen, but she is partnering with the Mineral Point facility to lower her input costs.

She said she hopes to hit the market it soon.

Brunett said her own product could be right around the corner.

"This facility will allow us to do a lot of collection and processing of food as it emerges from the garden, and then allow us to use it year-round in a product, as a stable product on the shelf," said Brunett.

The facility has a permanent, resident business in Papa Pat's Farmhouse Recipes, which sells products nationwide.

Many materials that were once brought in from out of state are now processed at the facility, keeping business local and supporting local growers. For example, the processing side of the operation recently dehydrated 2,300 pounds of local rhubarb and 400 pounds of beans, WISC-TV reported.