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AUGUST 2016 PA R K E R C O U N T Y T O D AY
ith food trucks becoming more popular in the last
few years, it’s no surprise that the popular roadside
cuisine has come to Parker County in the form of Bite
My Biscuit, owned and operated by Grant and Candice
Lambdin.
The Lambdins began their journey toward food-truck
fame in 2013 when they bought the rig that now bears
the title ‘Bite My Biscuit.’ The Lambdins broke into the
industry with experience and mettle most people don’t
find until they’re well into their 30s.
Grant suggested a foray into the food-truck industry
when the couple decided they wanted to go into business for themselves, be their own bosses. With a culinary
degree, Grant handles the food and Candice handles the
business.
“I worked with Dayna Fowler through high school
and college doing event coordinating and planning. Then
once I graduated I continued on with it,” Candice said.
“I worked in that industry for about 10 to 15 years. The
last few I worked for a surgeon so that I could have stability with a nine-to-five job. With event planning I had to
travel a lot.”
With a culinary degree, Grant worked at different
restaurants, hotels and private schools where he “just sort
of bounced around and worked all over the place.” This
schedule kept Grant and Candice apart more often than
not, so Bite My Biscuit was the solution.
With Candice’s experience working with Dayna she
has quite the handle on the business end. They are still
catering at weddings and large events. “The background
knowledge of how a big event works really helps us to
know what to expect so we’re not walking into something
we don’t know,” Candice said. “And most other food
trucks don’t know how to do catering and they don’t
cater. They only do the food truck. The promotion side
of this business makes it to where I’m not afraid to talk to
anyone. We’ve gotten really good at selling ourselves to
other people.”
“We love being able to work together,” Grant said
with a smile. Of course he wasn’t the only one who
thought the food truck was a good idea. Dayna Fowler,
Candice’s former boss, has been with them from the start.
“I thought it was a brilliant idea,” Dayna said. “I knew
it would be successful. They’ve both had a lot of experience working for other companies and other people. Both
of them have such a good work ethic.” Between the two
of them, Candice and Grant built their business from the
ground up.
“That’s my favorite part, that we built it from the
ground up,” Candice said. “We’ve worked really hard for
it.” But how, you ask, did they come up with their quirky
truck name?
“We wanted something that people would remember,” they said, “and that was slightly cheeky.” When
they started coming up with names, Candice wanted it to
be approachable and not inappropriate but sassy. And so
came the very cheeky title of Bite My Biscuit.
Their very first event was in December of 2013 at a
neighborhood HOA event in Fort Worth, and that very
same day they catered a Christmas event at a church.
“That was the year with the bad weather,” Grant said.
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