John Mullins | America’s Choice Gourmet
John Mullins, Owner, America’s Choice Gourmet: “I love selling something that I care about myself, something that I love. Which is food. I’m a real steak lover.“
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John Mullins, Owner, America’s Choice Gourmet: “I love selling something that I care about myself, something that I love. Which is food. I’m a real steak lover.“
Jodie Hawthorne, Owner, Great Harvest Bread Co: “I loved baking since I was tall enough to reach the counter. I remember one day telling my mom I wanted pie for dessert, and she pulled out the recipe card and said, “Make it!”“
Chris Miller, Owner, Ghostal Carolina Pepper People: “All of our sauces, jams, and salts are from our own produce. It’s a way to preserve what we grow; we go full circle. Whatever plants we don’t sell, end up in my kitchen.“
Ty Graham, Cape Fear Boil Company: “The Cape Fear seafood boil business concept was not a home run as a senior project at UNCW, but as a real life project, it’s a Grand Slam.“
Michelle Rock, Owner & Creator, Momma Rock’s Dessert Cakes: “I really love baking, and sweetening people up, and I really enjoy serving New Orleans food, with the socializing and freedom of a food truck.“
Wes Bechtel, Owner, Boombalatti’s Homemade Ice Cream: “It was always a pipe dream: once I retired, I’d have an ice cream shop at the beach. “
Chef Jadran Peros, Roko Italian Cuisine: “I just enjoy cooking anything, creating good things. That’s my real specialty. Everyday, I makeĀ something new… for myself, just to see how good it’s going be, and what I can create for my customers.“
Five Minutes with Will and Nina Chacon, Luna Caffe: “We tried to make Luna Caffe look and feel like a coffee shop that we would usually hang out at. We wanted it to be a place that we would want to spend time in: the …
Five Minutes with Elena Brent Rosemond-Hoerr, at Biscuits & Such blog: “I’m really interested in exploring food culture, and the history behind recipes; in learning how foods have evolved as part of Southern culture through the generations. That’s a movement that I’m really drawn to.“