FOOD + DRINK
Christensen started his career in the food and service industry during 2020, where he drove food relief to the food insecure for No More Empty Pots in Omaha while going to school at the Institute for Culinary Arts at Metropolitan Community College . “Everything I do in food starts with the concept of service,” added Christensen. “That's our main value.” The importance of service was carried by Christensen to Vermillion through Feeding Vermillion’s The Welcome Table , which offers a free community meal every Monday. He asked to help cook in order to keep his skills sharp and give back to the community. The Duck & Cat came to need a commissary kitchen homebase with enough freezer and refrigerator space, and The Welcome Table had space to offer.
“That basis of community is where we got our kitchen, and how we got our first and most loyal customers,” elaborated Christensen. Family, both chosen and blood, are at the heart of why Christensen and Wilber create and serve, as their world of food trucking becomes a “sort of family heirloom.” “My Æbleskiver pans are my grandma's and my great grandma's. We have linens and glassware from my great aunt,” added Christensen. “Our families are always supporting us and are at almost every event. We also believe in chosen family. We have many queer friends and people from communities that don't have their blood family with them, and those people are with us, too—Brixz is the closest thing I have to a child in life.”
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