We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Jared Campbell. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Jared below.
Jared, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. We’d love to have you retell us the story behind how you came up with the idea for your business, I think our audience would really enjoy hearing the backstory.
I used to live in a ski town. Every year we would host a Thanksgiving dinner, all my chef friends and I would bring something to the party. We would invite people who had just moved to town and didn’t have friends and family nearby, it was a great way for everyone to meet and a chance for all the chefs to cook together. This became so popular that guests who came to town would ask people how they get into the brown house dinner for Thanksgiving. Everyone would have to tell them I’m not sure you’re invited. I started thinking what if they were we could cook in their homes and make fabulous dinners. I was originally going to call the company Brown House dinners.
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.
I’m a personal chef I have been cooking since I was a kid and tried to work in the best restaurant wherever I was. I go to people’s homes or rentals and cook events personalized to them. Whether it’s a bachelorette party or a birthday or anniversary there’s always a reason to enjoy your guests and have a chef cook. I enjoy meeting new people and cooking in unique places. Having this business allows me to travel like I never have before.
We’d love to hear the story of how you built up your social media audience?
I like to tell my clients that any pictures they take of the food they can tag me on Instagram and I will immediately share it. It puts our story time together at the same time it’s happening.
Any fun sales or marketing stories?
Whenever I’m cooking in a rental home and the guests are from out of town I try to find who manages that property and go see them before I go to tell them what I do and how their future guests could have the same experience. It builds fans that want to promote you and make their business even better.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.yourculinaryexperience.com
- Instagram: @chefjaredc