Tag Archives: food industry
How I Did It: Chef Goes Mobile with Food Truck
What it’s like to take catering company on the road
Chef Darryl King details how he took his brand from restaurant to hot food truck…
By Joel Lyons
How I Did It: A Food Personality Banks on Blogging
How a home chef turned passion into an expanding brand
Chef Monique Kilgore took her passion for cooking and turned it into an opportunity to…
By Alisa Gumbs
How I Did It: Food Activist Makes Commitment to Health Advocacy
Cookbook writer seeks better grocery access for low-income communities
Inspired by social awareness and fresh foods, activist Bryant Terry pushes for equal access to…
By Alisa Gumbs
How I Did It: Chef Cary Neff Serves Up International Spa Cuisine
Culinary professional shares his secret to healthy resort meals
Cary Neff
Cary Neff is the president of Pear Restaurant Group L.L.C., the restaurant consulting…
By Sonja Mack
UBR Spotlight: Comfort Cake CEO Amy Hilliard
More on the entrepreneurs, business strategies and economic news on The Urban Business Roundtable
This week on The Urban Business Roundtable: Amy Hilliard, the founder and CEO of The…
By Alfred Edmond, Jr.
Feast on This
A smorgasbord of ways to profit from your passion for food
Americans spent more than $1.6 trillion on food last year. That translates into millions of…
By Alisa Gumbs
Hungry for More
Couple rebounds from failed restaurant to serve up a side dish business
A failed chicken wing restaurant left husband-and-wife team Claude and Crystal Booker with a heap…
By Tamara E. Holmes
Food Biz: Five Tips for Taking Over A Restaurant
Information, advice, and everything an entrepreneur needs to know about the food business
If you take over an existing restaurant or food business you can end up finding…
By Marcia Wade Talbert
Food for the Journey
Culinary arts teacher�s cooking lessons transcend the kitchen
For students in Wilma W. Stephenson’s culinary arts classes at Frankford High School in Philadelphia,…



