Casey Bouchard of Cape Whoopies packages whoopie pies at Fork Food Lab in Portland, a food business incubator celebrating its one-year Forkiversary on Thursday night.
The Fork Food Lab was co-founded by Neil Spillane and Eric Holstein.
Marcia Wiggins of Cape Whoopies will be on QVC shopping channel in December.
Cakes for Cape Whoopies are fresh out of the oven at Fork Food Lab in Portland on Sept. 13. Cape Whoopies are also sold on goldbely.com for $59 per half dozen. Staff photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette
Cam Gardner and Samantha Duggan of Falafel Mafia run dough through a dough sheeter at Fork Food Lab. A year after Fork Food Lab opened, Neil Spillane has developed an eye for which entrepreneurs will be successful. Staff photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette
Falafel Mafia's pitas fresh out of the oven. In June, Fork Food Lab merged with FoodWorks, a Brooklyn-based food incubator. Staff photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette
Tom Marlow of White Cap Cold Brew Coffee Co. White Cap, which makes nitro-brewed coffee, plans to use a bottling line in Providence.
A Fat Pants treat from part-time business Fat Pants Bakery. Owner Erin Canavin was one of the earliest members of Food Fork Lab.
Nina Murray of Mill Cove Baking Co. packages her crackers. Murray now spends five or six days a week at the lab.
Mill Cove Baking Co. crackers at Fork Food Lab. The crackers are available in 17 southern Maine stores, from Brunswick to Scarborough. Staff photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette
Murray takes dough from her new sheeting machine at Fork Food Lab. Her super-thin dough can be rolled out into big sheets in seconds. Staff photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette
Cape Whoopies at Fork Food Lab. In July, Amazon ordered 11,800 whoopie pies. Staff photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette
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