06/12/2026
The story of Just Fork It began with two parents who believed in their daughter before she fully believed in herself.
In 2016, my parents purchased a small food trailer and parked it in the driveway. When I saw it, they simply said, “Your dreams are sitting in the driveway.”
At the time, I was working full-time in the restaurant industry. I had spent years helping open restaurants and building other people’s businesses, but owning one of my own always felt like something that would happen someday.
Suddenly, someday was sitting in my driveway.
The timing wasn’t perfect. Winter was approaching, there was a trailer loan to repay, and dreams don’t pay bills. To help keep everything afloat while building Just Fork It, I started a residential cleaning company. For years, I balanced a full-time career, a cleaning business, and a food trailer.
My days started before sunrise and often ended long after dark. Every dollar we made went back into the business. It wasn’t glamorous, but I believed if I kept showing up, eventually the business would stand on its own.
One of our earliest opportunities came through the Haddon Township Farmers Market, the same community that helped raise me. The support we received there gave us confidence and showed us that people believed in what we were building.
Then came the moment that changed everything.
We were accepted into the Philadelphia Flower Show.
At the time, it felt larger than life. We pulled into the show surrounded by established vendors, massive displays, and thousands of attendees. I remember looking around in complete disbelief. We were still a small trailer trying to find our place, and I couldn’t help but wonder if we belonged there.
Then the doors opened.
The crowds came. The orders started rolling in. And before we knew it, we were absolutely crushing it.
I remember standing there, taking it all in, realizing that this little trailer sitting in a driveway could compete on one of the biggest stages we had ever seen. It was the first time I truly felt that Just Fork It could become something bigger than a side business. Bigger than a dream.
The Philadelphia Flower Show gave me something more valuable than sales—it gave me confidence.
Three years after opening, I was finally able to leave my full-time job and commit completely to Just Fork It.
What started as a trailer in a driveway has grown into an award-winning mobile catering company serving festivals, corporate events, schools, conventions, and major regional events. Along the way, we’ve earned nine industry awards, including five Best Taco titles, and have had the opportunity to serve guests everywhere from local community events to FIFA Fan Fest Philadelphia.
Yet when people ask about our success, I don’t immediately think about the awards or the major events.
I think about my parents.
I think about a trailer sitting in a driveway.
I think about a community that supported us when we were just getting started.
And I think about all the small moments that led to the big ones.
Because Just Fork It was never built overnight. It was built through faith, hard work, family, community, and a willingness to keep going even when the path wasn’t clear.
Ten years later, we’re still rolling, still serving great food, and still proving that sometimes the biggest journeys begin with simple words:
“Your dreams are sitting in the driveway.”
