Global dairy giant Chobani is opening applications for four early-stage food startups which will be the first to use brand new facilities at Melbourne's Monash University.
The yoghurt company's billionaire CEO and founder Hamdi Ulukaya launched the program at the unveiling of the new $3.1 million Monash Food Incubator, which has been created to help food entrepreneurs break into the industry.
Ulukaya's Chobani is considered a disruptor in the category, as it has become the most popular yoghurt brand in the US in just 12 years in business.
The Chobani startups will receive $10,000 grants and will be the first to use Monash University's new incubation facility, which is located at its Food Innovation Centre in Melbourne.
The facility includes a collaboration space, food kitchen incubator, and complementary food lab, with Chobani's four early-stage food startups the first to make use of the space.
Monash's vision is to build a community of food creators in a world-class facility; support food entrepreneurs in bringing their ideas to life; and co-create the future of food, according to director of food and agriculture at Monash University, Nicolas Georges.
