French fry-stuffed burritos and bacon-wrapped hot dogs are on the menu at A Taste of LA 5280.
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Rios began cooking meals for himself at home"because my parents were always working," he recalls."I would come home from school, make a little spaghetti, make a hamburger, and l loved it. I was always in bands and used to deejay — I'm a very artistic person. I just love art, and I love to express myself."
From there, he went to the chain BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse, which proved to be a pivotal experience."That's where I learned speed; that's where I learned the backbone of the restaurant industry," Rios says."I mastered all seven stations, learned how to handle big parties and complex orders, and worked my way up to kitchen supervisor.
After Rio landed the job of executive chef at Black Bear Golf Club, he began thinking more seriously about launching a mobile food business of his own. "I'd been making other people money for too long," he says."I wanted to run my own show. My wife told me, 'If you're always doing inventory and managing food costs, why not do it for yourself?'"In 2023, with a loan from his wife, Rios reached out to his friends at Ninja Ramen and purchased their old trailer.
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