Chef Kim Viverette, a Milwaukee transplant who recently moved to Dallas , has been under fire the last several days for not following specific instructions Keith Lee gave her for a $4,000 tip he left.
The Background Story
Lee recently shared that Dallas would be the 11th stop on his Keith Lee and Family Food Tour. New to the city, Viverette, the owner of Sweetly Seasoned LLC food truck, had been struggling to get customers since she hadn’t had much success marketing the food truck on her own. When she learned the food critic was making his way to the area, like many local food businesses, she, her son and their friends posted videos to get his attention in hopes that he would stop by her location to taste some of the items her menu offers.
“So it’s Monday and Keith Lee is officially in Dallas. I saw him upload a video and you know I asked him for help and to come to visit my mom’s food truck to hopefully turn it around cause right now I’m having to help her out financially. I’ve never had to do that my entire life. She’s always been self-sufficient,” Trey, Viverette’s son says in a TikTok video . “You know, she is an award-winning pastry chef and she is a culinary chef. She has two degrees. Her food is extremely good. We are just from Milwaukee and here in Dallas, it’s kind of hard with the marketing because we don’t know our way even around yet. We still use GPS.”