High-level chef brings good food for a good price.
Everybody who has eaten a Blue Collar Burger says it was fantastic/delicious/great, or some other enthusiastic compliment. That is why the food truck location on US 92 west of Branch Forbes Rd. has been serving a steady stream of customers; between 500 and 600 per week. Now this winner is coming to downtown Plant City.
The owner is Cory Rapp. “I absolutely love cooking,” he said. “It is a challenge. It keeps you on your toes. It is a very busy industry. I started when I was four or five years old with my grandparents on either side of my family, and I stuck with it. I worked my way up from dishwasher to executive chef when I was 26. I worked in Michelin-starred restaurants in Napa Valley and San Francisco and I was sous chef for Thomas Keller in Napa Valley at Ad Hoc. At Spruce, when I was the lead line cook, we earned the Michelin Star.”
Michelin Stars are given for excellence in food, service, and ambiance. Michelin Stars are the pinnacle achievement for a restaurant. There are 36 restaurants in Florida to have a Star. None have earned a 3-Star designation; two restaurants have 2-Stars; among the other 33, five restaurants in Tampa have a 1-Star award. Keller is the only chef in America to own two Michelin 3-star restaurants at the same time…