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Chef Carl's New Restaurant Comeback

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Dear Friend and Potential Donor,


My name is Chef Carl Redding and I am a talented and gifted American Baker and Chef. I was born in Harlem, NY and I attended the Catholic School System. I am very passionate about cooking and baking for the masses and I value premier customer service that comes along with feeding folk good food.

For 8 years, I had the rare and distinct opportunity to own and operate my own successful restaurant in Harlem called Amy Ruth's. I sold Amy Ruth's over 7 years ago and for the last 3 years, I've worked the corporate side of food service I've had nothing short of a fun and super learning experience, BUT working on that side of food service was not that rewarding for me.

Over the years, and more recently many of you have urged me to reopen another restaurant. After much prayer and contemplation, I believe that the time is ripe, I believe, to bring this project to fruition.  I am taking another stab at this Crowd Funding thing.

I am going to open a restaurant July or August 2016 in the Atlanta, GA  community and I just won't do it without your help and participation.

GOD led me to a location for my soon to be fabulous restaurant in Atlanta's historic University section. Following GOD'S footsteps, I am overwhelmingly convinced that this location is "the location!!!"

This part of Atlanta is economically depressed and I believe in my heart that GOD is telling me to deliver my talent of cooking, teaching the Art of Culinary Arts, bringing people together, ministering to folks who need to be ministered to, creating jobs, and helping to improve our community in the Atlanta Georgia area.

As many of you already know, I have over 30 years of experience in the Food Service industry from restaurant ownership to management, from the Hooter to the Tooter of the restaurant. This crowd funding opportunity is very important to me because, Folks its time for me to start the process of giving back to my community. We have to grab our youth back who are lost and feel that the only way for them is the streets. We have to go back to our roots of "Each One Teach One" mentality. I want to teach our youth my craft of food service, that will help to sustain them in all areas of life.

You have no idea how your contribution will be a vital part of the change and improvement that I envision for the entire fabric of this community. I am personally begging for your support. I want and I am asking for your Support and I want you to watch what GOD will and can do.

I was blessed to receive a 10 year lease for this location and I am praying to raise $200,000.00 to make this restaurant a reality. Your donations will help to refurbish the exterior and interior of the restaurant. It will also help to purchase new cooking equipment, tables, chairs, inventory and some working capitol for the operation of the restaurant. With my lease, I was given 4 free months to build out and open the restaurant. After this 4 month free period, I have to start paying rent. So Please help me to raise my campaign goal of $200,000.00 as fast as you possibly can.

You are asking me, "What do I get for making a donation?" Well, let me answer that question for you. Besides getting the joy and satisfaction of knowing that you helped open a fabulous new and exciting community restaurant, and that you were able to help employ folk who are truly in need of employment, you will receive a copy of my very 1st soon to be released cookbook which will contain the story of my culinary journey with over 48 of the best southern food recipes from me and my father, who I hadn't seen or heard from after 46 years and who I recently reunited with. He is also a well known chef. Seems like the old street proverb of the apple not falling far from the tree is true y'all!!!

With your prompt call to action and belief in this campaign, I know that we will be successful with this venture. And for my friends who really cannot make a financial contribution, please help me out by getting the word out by sharing my campaign with your family and friends. Please use the Indiegogo sharing tools which are at your disposal...

May GOD continue to bless each of you and I also thank and LOVE each and every one of you and it aint nothing you can do about it!!

Thank You and Happy Eating
Chef Carl Redding

Organizer

Chef Carl Redding
Organizer
Philadelphia, PA

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