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My interest is to eventually open a vegan eater in my home town. I wonder if you can share information that would help in creating a healthy business.

Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

Char Nolan - Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

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This event was on July 26, 2022

Join Chef Char Nolan in her virtual office as she welcomes all of your questions. This event was created for you and we encourage you to ask anything – from cooking techniques to course-specific questions, to how to turn your cooking passion into profit or simply hearing the perspective of a professional chef, Chef Nolan is ready to answer them all.

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Question

Tim Hummell

My interest is to eventually open a vegan eater in my home town. I wonder if you can share information that would help in creating a healthy business.?

Answer

Well, first of all, I would love to know where you lived because as they say location location. I would say to begin with the needs assessment. I would go visit other vegan eateries. I would perhaps look at the network of vegan chefs that are in your community. We have a wonderful South Jersey is just over a bridge. We have a wonderful Rouxbe graduate who has a cafe called The Gentle Giant Cafe and if you go to GentleGiant.com reach out to Dawn is her name, and I'm sure that she would be happy to discuss with you the joys and pitfalls that might come with operating your own business. You would also want to establish what kind of vegan Eatery it would be and Finding a location becoming an LLC working with a great lawyer and having that passion for cooking plant-based food that I'm sure you already have so great question.

Links

https://thegentlegiantcafe.com/

Char Nolan

Chef Instructor

Char Nolan is a serious crusader for plant-based education, armed with a degree in public health from Philadelphia’s Temple University. She teaches nutrition and plant-based cooking throughout Philadelphia, and in many underserved communities. Char holds a certificate in plant-based nutrition from eCornell and completed Rouxbe’s Plant-Based Professional Certification course in 2015. In 2019, Char completed post-graduate course work in social media marketing at the University of the Arts. When she is not cooking or teaching, she manages social media accounts for several plant-based influencers. Char prides herself on learning everything she knows about cooking from growing up in her grandparents’ Italian restaurant. Her favorite vegetables are Brussels sprouts and kale, of course. Char originally hails from Queens, NY, but has lived in Philadelphia most of her adult life. She is a former Peace Corps Volunteer.