Media: Tiffany Tisdale-Braxton’s business started at a bedside

Tiffany Tisdale-Braxton is an award-winning chef, author, and three-time James Beard Media Awards judge. The founder of Tisdale 23 Catering has served more than 15,000 guests, with a client list that includes Kelly Rowland, the NBA, and Walmart. Her path to the kitchen did not begin in culinary school. It began at her father’s bedside.

What inspired you to become a chef?

What initially inspired me to become a chef was my father’s journey with cancer. Unfortunately, during his journey, he ended up in the hospital during the Christmas holiday, and I just wanted some sense of normalcy for our family. I decided that I wanted to cook a meal to feed my family, to lift our spirits.

During that time, my father and I had been talking about what I wanted to pursue after college, and I just kept coming up with, I don’t really know. I never really considered culinary as something I could do professionally.

When I made that meal, my father was unable to eat for the whole week prior because of treatments he was undergoing, and he ate two plates of that food. I just remember the smile on his face, and him asking me for more. I thought, if I could make him feel so happy in what was probably the darkest time of his life, I would love to do that for as many people as I possibly can.

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