Triumph Kitchen, the nonprofit educational venue headed by Chris and Sommer Wadsworth, will now work out of the kitchen of Modern Meals, a Mid City restaurant that offers healthy breakfast, lunch and dinner options for on-the-go patrons.
Chris Wadsworth tells 225 Dine the move to Modern Meals comes after Triumph Kitchen left the Family Youth Service Center on Government Street about a month and a half ago. Before that, Triumph Kitchen was briefly based downtown.
“We couldn’t afford to stay [at Family Youth Service Center],” says Wadsworth, who was among Business Report’s 2014 Forty Under 40 class. “We needed the public to be able to get to us and for it to be convenient. This [move] was a way for [students] to get into the daily operations of a place. They will be dealing with prep sheets, recipes … it’s real-life experience.”
Modern Meals is located at 2921 Government St., and is set to host a soft opening next week, Tuesday through Friday, with a limited menu. The restaurant will begin being open daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 23. Though Triumph Kitchen has been contracted to help with daily kitchen operations at Modern Meals, the nonprofit has no ownership in the restaurant. Read the full story, and make sure you get your fill of local culinary news each week by signing up for the free 225 Dine e-newsletter.
