The Queensland government has served up the recipe for people who want to open up a food business in 2017, with a new pilot program.
Innovation Minister Leeanne Enoch said the Starting a Cafe pilot aimed to make it easier for people to find the right licences, regulations and information they needed to start a business.
"The Queensland government appreciates it can be confusing, costly and time-consuming to work through all the information and the licences and other administrative requirements when starting a business," Ms Enoch said.
"We want to improve customer experiences and trust in government services by providing simple and easy to access information across federal, state and local governments."
The website uses different businesses as examples - such as a coffee cart, mobile food truck or funky cafe - to help people work through business licensing, costs and timeframes for approvals that are specific to its location.
Using questions, the website helps people work out which licences, regulatory obligations and support services are available from government.
"The site explores whether the business will handle food, will they need to consider advertising, will they use public spaces, what administrative duties they need to fulfil, whether they will work from home or if they will employ staff," Ms Enoch said.
Ms Enoch said customer feedback so far showed the approach could save time and "thousands of dollars" when setting up a new business.
Brisbane and Logan will be the first to access the pilot, which is scheduled to run until March 2017.
