We were lucky to catch up with Kre’Shai Patt recently and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Kre’Shai, thanks for joining us today. Can you talk to us about a risk you’ve taken – walk us through the story?
I personally feel that you can’t not embody being a entrepreneur until you understand what taking risk is like. Running a business is already a risk, you have days you make nothing not a dime. You have days you make so much you could cry. You have days where you are nervous and days where you wake up confident and ready to go. This ain’t easy but it’s worth whatever you want it to be. In 2018 things happen in my life that i felt were really gonna stop me in my tracks. I was working so hard to stay afloat mentally that i didn’t realize I was letting my business fall behind. Although at the time I had one or two celebrity clients i still didn’t have enough faith in myself. After going through something i thought was gonna break me, i decided to take a risk on myself and get up. What i had let stop me in the beginning was becoming the last thing on my mind. And that was a risk worth taking for me. Life don’t give many chances.
Kre’Shai, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?
Hey loves, I’m Celebrity Chef KreShaisKitchen turned micro influencer “THEREALKRESHAI” I started cooking in 2016. I’m a self taught chef who loves to learn new recipes and ways of cooking as I go. I have cooked for celebs from the A list to the D list. However idc what list they on as long as they enjoy my food ! I’m most proud of my influencer content, only because I be soooo nervous and people don’t ever think I do. I started doing smash or passes and out of nervousness decided to be myself and just roast people, my clip did 3 mill views on tiktok in 24 hours. I was like omggg it’s crazy how many people love me for me. So that alone started THEREALKRESHAI . I started doing content in 2019 after cooking for a few YouTubers i became interested in doing content because why not? I’m around it daily and watching how they do it. So ima take my turn. Since i have consistently started doing content, which took a few years I’m not gone lie lol. I started doing skits and youtube more and things just started all making sense for me. I actually love what i do. Even when it gets hard i still enjoy the overall experience. It opened so many doors for me ! Since i have been in a short film, I’m currently on A network called Now That’s Tv, I’m hilarious and everyday I’m becoming more and more confident in it. I can’t wait for y’all to see what’s next for me.
We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?
I had to unlearn the feeling of fear. Fear is what you make it, some people can turn their fear into something great while some people just live in fear. I had to figure out what side i wanted to be on and stay there. I could either be the fearless woman i wanna be and go after every opportunity and thing coming my way or i could be the fearful woman who lets my mind and on ways stop me from getting where I know I was destined to be.
Any advice for growing your clientele? What’s been most effective for you?
Being a genuine person. because I started as a chef I always approach people from that stand point. No one wants to be approached about something that’s not beneficial to them. I had to learn that especially in this industry. And I’m extremely humble, i know I’m not where’ i wanna be but I also have a true love for cooking so cooking for someone is easy. As an influencer i use my content and creativity to get people attention and I lock them in with the deliciousness of my food when i feed them. Because the two fields go hand and hand I have learned it’s honestly easier when I just be me and everyone gotta eat right ?
Contact Info:
- Website: https://instagram.com/kreshaiskitchen?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/kreshaaaaaa_?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
- Facebook: Www.Facebook.com/TheRealKreShai
- Twitter: Www.Twitter.com/KreShaiP
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCiJN_1EQ6qP_36AGjTHrA2A
- Other: https://instagram.com/kreshaiskitchen?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= My business Instagram ! https://www.tiktok.com/@therealkreshai?_t=8UJ78JxQDrW&_r=1 My tiktok !
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Shout out To God for keeping me blessed :)