Our Sovereign Community

A Vision for the Community

At Chopped & Served we pride ourselves on always maintaining an eye on the future while creating the most fresh and sustainable food for misrepresented communities. While ensuring our members of the community have an equitable safe space for all. Our growth will only come from the support of our community. Therefore, our ultimate goal is to change the way Minnesotans think about chefs, their community, and how food and sharing meals brings us together.

With that in mind, the Chopped & Served vision is to create a positive work environment and employment opportunities for young people from underserved communities, mentorship, and skill development. We hope to create opportunities that will lead them to future success in post-secondary education. We believe that Minneapolis has the potential to be one of the best cities to explore all different types of food, which is only strengthened by our chefs and community.

Representation matters that’s why at Chopped & Served we invest in our youth, so one day we can change the future. We have dreams of running our own kitchen so that our chefs can develop good relationships and excellent culinary skills through community pop-up events, cook offs, and community outreach programs to bring healthy, fresh and tasty food to everyone! As Chef Jacksons ancestors say “Treat everything with love and kindness. The Gullah Way”