Meet Brandon Emmitt | Chef/Owner

We had the good fortune of connecting with Brandon Emmitt and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Brandon, what was your thought process behind starting your own business?
After being in the business for a few years at the time. I noticed working with a lot of cooks, chefs, and managers didn’t care about the job. They were lazy and had no directions or vision. Many of my former managers & chefs would be in the office playing on the internet during our shift’s busiest time.

I’m working and running around with no support from my leaders. And I noticed the same pattern with other companies I have worked for. When a person values his craft you take things personally while working with others who don’t care it makes the whole team look bad.

I was tired of feeling like a loser when you’re working very hard and bringing home pennies compared to my manager’s pay. So I thought why slave for others when I can start my own business and give myself a raise and promotion?

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
GOD has blessed me with a talent for cooking. I’m just doing what I love to do so I cook from my heart. Food is personal to me I’m an artist with a plate. It’s not just a plate with food on it. That’s a plate with 17 years of experience on it. When that plate sits in front of a client it has a purpose.

Which is to uplift, make you smile, feel special, and create a kodak moment. I put my whole heart into it. I’m focused on every detail of the dish that I’m making at the time. It’s like I’m tunning vision and nothing else around me matters at the moment.

I’m a chef with an armor of modesty and humility along with a spirit of curiosity and skill. I create my dishes through tenacity and creativity as “everything is made with love. My niche is not having a set menu.

But to challenge myself by creating custom menus for each event for my clients. Cooking for others gives me a level of satisfaction and pleasure that is indescribable. With everything I do, I want people to know that their food was MADE WITH LOVE. I believe in perfecting my craft. I don’t want to be good I want to be GREAT. So failure or failing isn’t an option for me (I will be successful).

Was it easy? No, not at all. I experience many challenges to get here. My ex-wife left me, lost my house, I was homeless, I lost everything, and a lot of people didn’t believe in or support me. Challenges in life tend to encourage us to grow. When faced with making a career or life decision, I just chose to focus my energy on self-reflection and prayer. While supporting others with my vision through food.

I needed GOD’s guidance to show me what to do. It’s true, what GOD has for you is only for you. Despite losing everything, GOD just transition me. As GOD was guiding my steps, everyone, around me couldn’t go to the next level with me. The results speak for themselves. My business flourish when my ex-wife, fake friends, and jealous family members fell off.

As my business flourished, GOD blessed me to be featured in several magazines & articles. I even had an invitation to be on a food cooking Tv show In LA.

I’m proud to give back to the community and create a legacy. By giving back we started a go-fund page ” War Against Hunger”! All donations, go towards food, toiletries, hygiene products, cold-weather clothing, reusable containers, baby supplies, bottled water, toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, laundry detergent, etc…

I know what it feels like to be hungry and besides GOD has blessed me to be a blessing to others. Keep GOD first, have a vision, never settle, believe in yourself, work hard, keep, and hold tight until your dream becomes a reality.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
I love the Dallas/Fort Worth & surrounding cities! I really love our area because there are so many places to visit.

We will definitely be going to a Dallas Cowboys game at AT&T Stadium In Arlington. Definitely will have to explore the AT&T Discovery District on a beautiful day.

The Star District In Frisco to explore the different restaurants there. From there we are going to the Shops of Legacy in Plano to eat & do some shopping. The Capital Grille. From there head to Main Event in Plano to get some bowling in.

And of course eat at Texas de Brazil, Season 52, Ruth Chris, and Chamberlain’s Steak & Chop House.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
GOD, all of my supporters, church family Full Gospel Holy Temple, & my mother Vanessa Emmitt

Website: Emmittscatering.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emmittscatering/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-emmitt-12984912a/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrandonJEmmitt1

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