Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
My business model is “people>profit”. my restaurant is a safespace for LGBTQI+ allies and $25k will ensure we keep going
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My family, my community and (for the first time in all my 15+ years in hospitality) my customers! We are a “Foodie” family- most of us love to cook and we all LOVE to eat! Thanksgiving is our Super Bowl and we BRING IT. Food is my family’s love language, and that love is the secret ingredient I share everywhere I go. The greatest gift is to nourish others and I use my restaurant to share that wealth with my customers & neighbors every opportunity I get. It’s magica
What's your all time favorite dish to make?Eek. Depends on the day, the weather, the vibe, the season, the company… however, low and slow is always my favorite way to go! I love the process of making my 48 hr ramen broth at my restaurant, I find it meditative. At home I suppose it’s a toss up between chicken soup or Sunday gravy with meatballs. When I make these dishes, I am never alone. Bonus: on chilly days they help warm my apartment as well!
What would you do with the $25,000?The first thing I would do is commercially jar my XX nutty sauce so it can be distributed and folks can get saucy and SEND NOODZ! More importantly, I believe this sauce is delicious enough to generate a stable source of revenue for my business, thus enabling me to use my commercial kitchen to share even more with my community. I would also look into developing a mobile kitchen so that I can take this love on the road and share it with more customers and communities. Watch out world!
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