More and more entrepreneurs have been considering the mobile food vending business instead of a traditional restaurant mainly because of the freedom it gives owners when it comes to scheduling and operating. One has more flexibility and can operate on a part-time basis without thinking much of daily bills and expenses that owning a restaurant incurs.

Toni Sigee of Palmetto Creole Kitchen in Beaumont, Texas is such an example. She has been in the oil and gas industry for 12 years and just last year bought a vending trailer from UsedVending.com to operate part-time. People she has cooked for have been urging her to open up a restaurant and several were even interested in investing with her.

When her son finally convinced her to get a concession trailer, this became the perfect platform to share her home styled, soul food. She would still be able to work at her job full-time and just open the kitchen when she wants to. “I pick and choose when I want to operate and I don’t have to pay any bills on days I don’t.”

Originally from Louisiana, Toni’s Creole recipes were passed on to her by Ms. Loela Lemon. She gets lots of requests for her meatloaf and lemonade, but also does fried and grilled fish and shrimp, pork chops, ribs, corn bread, potato pie, coleslaw, gravy, cake, and cookies.

Customers always ask for her recipes and she always obliges, but they say they still can’t make it the way she does. I guess Toni just gives it an extra dash of TLC.

People also inquire on how to get into the mobile food business and she happily refers them to Used Vending and give them a quick tour of the trailer. “Most want to buy a trailer and build it by themselves. I advise them to get one that is already up to standards in order to pass inspection faster.

Find out about the Palmetto Creole Kitchen at their FB page or you can reach them at 409-466-4109 and 409-454-3612.