In 2020, Fallah Heard was stuck in the house with the rest of the world, waiting out the pandemic in her Byram, Mississippi, apartment. With no job, she began making dishes and posting them on her social-media channels. She’d always wanted to be a chef, but things changed once she did some research on culinary school.
She recognized that the pressures of working in a kitchen didn’t suit her, but it didn’t diminish her love for food. One of her signature dishes is ribeye steak sandwiches, which she pairs with her own garlic mayo on buttery bread. Cooking for her is like art, she compared.
“When I’m in the kitchen, it feels like peace. I have my music playing. I can cook what I want. Sometimes, you don’t even know what you’re going for, but it comes out to be something different,” Heard explained to the Mississippi Free Press.
Fallah began selling plates of food for a while, but inflation caused her to pull back from the side gig. Her followers, however, were still eager to hear her thoughts on all things food, so they began recommending restaurants in the Jackson metro area for her to sample. It was her review of Valley’s Street Fish House that first landed Heard a ton of online engagement…