Young Chefs Academy - Lenexa, KS - Established scaleable location
Business Description
Exceptional opportunity to acquire an established youth culinary school serving the highly desirable Johnson County market in Lenexa, Kansas. This fully operational franchise location offers a unique blend of children's education, culinary enrichment, and family-focused entertainment through hands-on cooking classes, camps, workshops, parties, and special events.
BUSINESS OVERVIEW
Established in 2019, this Young Chefs Academy location operates as part of a nationally recognized children's culinary education franchise with proven systems, structured curriculum, and strong brand recognition. The business serves children and teens in fully equipped, residential-style kitchen classrooms designed specifically for young learners, helping students develop practical culinary skills while building confidence, independence, teamwork, and creativity.
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
- Annual Revenue: $90,000
- Asking Price: $50,000
- FF&E Value: $5,000
- Inventory Value: $1,000
- Monthly Lease: $4,330 for 1,800 sq ft facility
- Lease term through December 31, 2026
REVENUE STREAMS & GROWTH POTENTIAL
The business operates multiple revenue channels including recurring monthly tuition programs, birthday parties, private events, camps, workshops, and a recently launched corporate team building program showing demonstrated profitability. Significant capacity exists for increased monthly memberships and expanded programming.
Lenexa's strong family demographics, robust food culture, and emphasis on educational enrichment create an ideal environment for continued growth in the children's enrichment segment.
OPERATIONAL ADVANTAGES
- Currently operates with absentee ownership
- Trained staff and operational systems already in place
- Access to national curriculum, training, and franchisee network
- Complete franchise licensing, branding, and marketing support
- Limited direct competition in dedicated youth culinary education
- No professional chef training required for ownership
FINANCING
Seller financing available for 50% of purchase price over 24 months. Owner selling due to remote ownership limitations, competing priorities and health conditions.
This represents an exceptional opportunity to acquire a proven concept, established facility, existing customer base, and comprehensive franchisor support system at an attractive price point reflecting current performance rather than full potential.
BUSINESS OVERVIEW
Established in 2019, this Young Chefs Academy location operates as part of a nationally recognized children's culinary education franchise with proven systems, structured curriculum, and strong brand recognition. The business serves children and teens in fully equipped, residential-style kitchen classrooms designed specifically for young learners, helping students develop practical culinary skills while building confidence, independence, teamwork, and creativity.
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
- Annual Revenue: $90,000
- Asking Price: $50,000
- FF&E Value: $5,000
- Inventory Value: $1,000
- Monthly Lease: $4,330 for 1,800 sq ft facility
- Lease term through December 31, 2026
REVENUE STREAMS & GROWTH POTENTIAL
The business operates multiple revenue channels including recurring monthly tuition programs, birthday parties, private events, camps, workshops, and a recently launched corporate team building program showing demonstrated profitability. Significant capacity exists for increased monthly memberships and expanded programming.
Lenexa's strong family demographics, robust food culture, and emphasis on educational enrichment create an ideal environment for continued growth in the children's enrichment segment.
OPERATIONAL ADVANTAGES
- Currently operates with absentee ownership
- Trained staff and operational systems already in place
- Access to national curriculum, training, and franchisee network
- Complete franchise licensing, branding, and marketing support
- Limited direct competition in dedicated youth culinary education
- No professional chef training required for ownership
FINANCING
Seller financing available for 50% of purchase price over 24 months. Owner selling due to remote ownership limitations, competing priorities and health conditions.
This represents an exceptional opportunity to acquire a proven concept, established facility, existing customer base, and comprehensive franchisor support system at an attractive price point reflecting current performance rather than full potential.
About the Business
- Years in Operation
- 7
- Employees
- 8 Part-time
Seasonal increase in summer to operate camp events. - Franchise
- This business is an established Young Chefs Academy franchise
- Facilities & Assets
- 1,688 square foot professionally designed facility
Two large kitchen classrooms with viewing window for parents.
Kitchens fully equipped with all appliances and cooking tools.
Front and side lobby area
Two restrooms fully furnished.
Large storage area. - Website
- Show Website URL
- Market Outlook / Competition
- Limited direct competition. While there are recreational camps and occasional one-off cooking programs from other vendors, very few offer a dedicated brick-and-mortar culinary school with structured curriculum progression, recurring tuition programs, camps, workshops, parties, and professionally equipped kitchen classrooms.
- Opportunities for Growth
- -Large capacity for increased monthly members
-Additional birthday party and private event programming
-Recently launched corporate team building revenue stream with demonstrated profitability.
An exceptional opportunity for the right hands-on buyer to acquire a turnkey operation at an attractive price point with significant room to grow.
This business has built a strong reputation by delivering a “real culinary school for kids” experience in fully equipped, residential-style kitchen classrooms designed specifically for children and teens. Students develop practical culinary skills while building confidence, independence, teamwork, and creativity in a fun and engaging atmosphere.
You're buying a proven concept, an established facility, an existing customer base, and a franchisor support system — at a price that reflects current performance rather than full potential. The gap between where this business is and where it could be is the opportunity.
Real Estate
- Owned or Leased
- Leased
- Building Sq. Ft.
- 1,688
- Rent
- $4,330 per month
- Lease Expiration
- 12/31/2031
About the Sale
- Seller Motivation
- Remote ownership limited by competing priorities and health issues.
- Transition Support
- Access to Young Chefs Academy's national curriculum, training, and franchisee network.
Trained staff and operational systems in place.
Complete franchise licensing, branding, and marketing support.
Culinary background is a plus but owner does NOT need professional chef training. - Financing Options
- Open to financing 50% of purchase price over 24 months.
Listing Info
- ID
- 2554364
- Listing Views
- 6
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