For today's episode, I am very excited to interview Kristina Gutierrez -  Local Woman Preneur and Co-owner and Managing partner of Fresh Cut  Foods LLC, a catering company she founded with her Executive Chef best  friend Sheena. They are a local home grown food company who is taking  the Inland Empire by storm with their new brand and product GrabNGo  Cuisines that offers our busy local community access to a healthier and  convenient meal prepared and cooked with ingredients sourced responsibly  and locally.   

About Fresh Cut Catering and Grab and Co Cuisine 

https://freshcuteats.com  

Founded in 2014 by two best friends, Fresh Cut Catering was created out  of need for wanting to offer healthier cuisines for your everyday meals  by working with local growers and bakeries to incorporate healthier  alternative ingredients such as: leaner meats, fresher vegetables, whole  wheat, and low sodium products.    

Located in Chino, CA, Kristina and Sheena started catering to the local  community. Catering to small events such as: birthdays, anniversaries  and baby showers. As their passion grew stronger and stronger and their  desire to grow their company, Kristina and Sheena quit their corporate  jobs to pursuit catering full-time in 2017. Having no income coming in  and a company eager for growth and potential, Kristina and Sheena  starting marketing to corporate companies, dealerships, banquet halls,  event centers, and growing their followers on social media. Soon after,  their smaller birthday parties and anniversaries turned into large  corporate events, quinceneras and weddings of 300-400 guests. Which  consisted of catering in the Greater Los Angeles County, Orange County  and the Inland Empire areas. However, as the story goes, in 2020  catering came to a complete halt in which they had to find a way to  pivot. Staying resilient, hopeful, and determined to not let their  company fade away, they started offering Grab & Go cuisines to the  local community and to their previous corporate clients.    

As their desire for growth persists, Kristina and Sheena continue to  make it their mission to provide healthy, gourmet, high-end cuisines to  clients who are looking for healthier options for their corporate,  wedding, banquet, special-event, and on-the-go meals. Their desire is to  become one of the largest caterer’s in Southern California and to offer  their Grab & Go cuisines in retail, arenas and airport locations  throughout the world.