Rooted in Taste: Meet The Rooted Desk

Since 2018, Vancouver-based The Rooted Desk, a catering and meal prep firm, has been delighting the group with vibrant, seasonal dishes crafted from regionally sourced components. Founder and CEO Hilary Brent now shares her insights into the corporate’s culinary imaginative and prescient.

What impressed you to get into foodservice?

“I’ve all the time been in love with meals — the colors, the makers, the tales, the way in which it brings folks collectively and pulls us into the current. For me, meals is a type of artistic expression and deep look after these round me. It’s a solution to join with nature, with one another, and finally, with ourselves. Making a enterprise across the easy fantastic thing about meals felt like a pure path and essentially the most impactful approach I might service others and contribute to a greater world.”

What do you like about your corporation?

Hilary loves that The Rooted Desk embodies her core values of creativity, group, and care. She finds pleasure in supporting native growers, nourishing folks, and fostering a vibrant, joyful staff atmosphere. Every single day presents contemporary challenges and alternatives for development, regularly making her a greater particular person.

I really like that it’s a residing, respiration expression of the issues I care about.

What’s the best factor to occur to your corporation?

A standout second for The Rooted Desk was taking part within the Battle of the Cooks occasion hosted by a distinguished world tech firm. Competing in opposition to high culinary expertise, they served 200 visitors breakfast, lunch, and joyful hour with their signature vibrant, seasonal dishes and daring flavors.

“We gained by a landslide vote, locking in a long run contract with the corporate and it proved to us that meals that feels good, seems lovely, and brings folks collectively is valued by so many. That win was greater than only a title — it was proof that heart-led, intentional small meals companies can compete with the very best of the very best.”

What was the largest enterprise problem you overcame?

Hilary remembers a very memorable occasion when her staff arrived at a big catering gig solely to understand that they had forgotten the primary course. Though the meal confronted a slight delay, they efficiently navigated the problem.

“Since then, each pack listing will get double checked earlier than leaving the kitchen :)”

How do Cambro merchandise assist your corporation?

Cambro GoBoxes are important for The Rooted Desk’s every day operations, particularly throughout city-wide meals deliveries.

“We use the Cambro GoBoxes every day as our staff shuttles across the metropolis delivering meals. We love how light-weight and temperature controlling they’re! We additionally use Cambros for nearly all of our meals storage and nothing else compares.”

 About The Rooted Desk

📍Vancouver, BC, Canada

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