Black Business Focus: Flame Mobile Kitchen

Cooking Outdoor Plague Outbreaks Promote Successful Catering Business.

At the time of the outbreak, when many restaurants were out of business, Chef Darren Hayes, a tight-knit black men’s band led by Tommy McNayl, began to treat gardeners with social isolation and still maintain relationships. These kitchens have been transformed into a flame mobile kitchen, a successful catering business that caters to smokers and baked favorites out of the mobile trailer kitchen for events in the metro town metro area.

McEnell and Hayes are developing a new customer-centric dining experience. They do this by prioritizing the community through food – going to the customer in person and meeting their needs.

McNell, founder and co-founder of Flam Mobile Kitchen, said: [found] We find ourselves on the back porch at a social distance, but we break bread together, and we have a sense of community.

“And then our business partner Darren Hayes, our GM and CEO, started developing his craft — and if we were building such a fun and entertaining community, we knew others would want to do the same. It’s in a very safe and socially remote area. “

He continued, “So we have set up a portable kitchen to meet our customers, our local people, so that they do not sit in a closed diner or restaurant and buy themselves.

We can meet them in public in a remote area where we enjoy the unique food and dining experience we are offering.

Some of the fan favorites from Flame Mobile Kitchen are grilled salmon and smoked chicken wings. When ordering food, customers can customize and build a menu that best serves their guests with Chef Hayes. Recently, the Flame Mobile Kitchen was observed to celebrate the Hopkins School District Staff Staff Day.

Explaining how business is the business of cooking, Mcnell says: “I like to say that we are not always the food truck. You will not find us on the main roads along with other food trucks. We are a mobile kitchen with a focus on dining and personal chef as well as special events.

“So we’re really alone, and that has become more attractive to the community because what we usually offer is something special for them – perhaps the food choices and customer experience.

Asked about some of the challenges of starting a business, Macnell described the long but deliberate process of building a strong business base. “One of the things we decided to do only for our community was that we didn’t have much to do with the subsequent registration process – collecting and exploring and setting up those resources into small businesses.

“So, I found myself doing a little bit of research, and I was able to communicate with like-minded individuals who have started their businesses and have some experience, doing research on the internet and doing some business. Partners on how to start this business efficiently.

That process was a bit costly, and McEnell said: “It took a six-month process to purchase all the necessary equipment, register with the state, and verify the code.

He added: “Now, we are in the second year of Flame Mobile Kitchen. And that’s what we found. [that] As business grew in the first year, we did not consider the community’s interest in what we were offering.

However, McEnell emphasized that a strong foundation and community interest are critical to the growth of the business. “We, as a people, do not usually look at size and size, because most of us have not had experience in this area.

”[It’s] It’s great to hit the ground running 100 miles, but really [Flame Mobile Kitchen] It’s all about speed. It is only for us to see what our plan of daily life is for three to five years. And so, we are making predictions based on what we are doing today and where the business and industry are going.

“Sometimes, [new business owners] Limit ourselves as we travel faster than resources.

The commitment and success of Flam Mobile Kitchen goes to show that community-minded business love is still alive and well in twin cities.

The Flame Mobile Kitchen has pop-ups at the Lakeview Terrence Farmers Market in Robinsdale from 8 a.m. Saturday to 8 p.m. Learn more by following their social media pages.

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