About Chef Yealang
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Food is in her Soul!
She has been cooking all her life. Born in Kinston, North Carolina Yealang Smith was surrounded with talented at home cooks from her Grandmother to all her Aunt’s & Uncles and certainly her Mother. By the time she was six years old, she began cooking rice and frying chicken, all with the help and the loving guidance of her Mother. Education is an important element in her family, and Yealang went on to graduate from Howard University with a degree in Political Science. She worked in the corporate sector for some real world experience and then started her first business along with a dear friend from College called, Throwdown Catering. The company booked many video shoots and she has had the pleasure of working for many of the artists. Her First music video was for the artist Usher. Her second music video was the TLC ‘’Waterfall’’ Eventually, she began working with athletes and even more entertainers like; Master P & No Limit Records, Snoop Dog, P Diddy, Toni Braxton, Tamar Braxton, Forrest & Keshia Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Eddie Murphy, Ted Danson, Laurence Fishburne , Martin Lawrence, Matt Kemp and Kyrie Irving to name a few.
Chef Yealang opened her first restaurant called, Soul Folks Café, in downtown Los Angeles. This restaurant was named the Best Soul Food in LA for several years in a row. That restaurant stayed open for 8 years. Then, she moved her concept to Hollywood, California and called it Soul Hollywood. . This was a big project, 10 years in the making. She learned many lessons through this experience. All the time becoming a better cook, as an entrepreneur, dealing in high finance and people management. While preparing to open this restaurant Yealang had the chance to cook with other really successful restaurateurs & catering companies. Those experiences expanded her skills, broadened food scope and imagination. Now, Chef Yealang develops all kinds of menus to reflect global food preferences; vegan, vegetarian, gluten free, paleo, kosher, healthy southern, meals for athletes in training, to Caribbean, to Mediterranean & Asian. At present Chef Yealang is an Executive Chef, she hires and trains cooks for other establishments. She is working on her first cookbook that sheds light on the path of an entrepreneur.
The items here give you a chance to taste what Chef Yealang has been cooking for her Celebrity and Corporate Clients…..now for you!!
Chef Yealang opened her first restaurant called, Soul Folks Café, in downtown Los Angeles. This restaurant was named the Best Soul Food in LA for several years in a row. That restaurant stayed open for 8 years. Then, she moved her concept to Hollywood, California and called it Soul Hollywood. . This was a big project, 10 years in the making. She learned many lessons through this experience. All the time becoming a better cook, as an entrepreneur, dealing in high finance and people management. While preparing to open this restaurant Yealang had the chance to cook with other really successful restaurateurs & catering companies. Those experiences expanded her skills, broadened food scope and imagination. Now, Chef Yealang develops all kinds of menus to reflect global food preferences; vegan, vegetarian, gluten free, paleo, kosher, healthy southern, meals for athletes in training, to Caribbean, to Mediterranean & Asian. At present Chef Yealang is an Executive Chef, she hires and trains cooks for other establishments. She is working on her first cookbook that sheds light on the path of an entrepreneur.
The items here give you a chance to taste what Chef Yealang has been cooking for her Celebrity and Corporate Clients…..now for you!!
