Chef helps launch 300+ food businesses in 6 years NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — When you want to turn your food hobby into a food business, hundreds of entrepreneurs have sought the help of seasoned chef Laura Wilson. The 8-time Executive Chef has helped launch more than 300 food businesses in Nashville since starting Citizen Kitchens in 2015. “So many of these are just crazy ideas that someone just took a leap to do,” Wilson said. “And I really respect that gumption.” Wilson is the managing partner for Citizen Kitchens, which has locations in West Nashville on Charlotte Pike and East Nashville in the basement of Hunter’s Station in Five Points. It’s a commissary kitchen with rentable commercial kitchen space offering an affordable way for people to start their food venture without taking the risk of securing their own kitchen space.