Turning Deviled Eggs into a Shark Tank Success Story with Raechel Van Buskirk

About this episode

Raechel Van Buskirk shares her journey from a neighborhood lounge to creating a national brand centered around deviled eggs.

Send us Fan Mail A slow Sunday at a neighborhood lounge turned into the spark for a national brand. Raechel Van Buskirk shares how a grumpy regular, a tray of sriracha bacon deviled eggs, and pure curiosity unlocked a simple truth: everyone loves deviled eggs, no one wants to make them. That insight carried her from bar brunches to trailers, a mall push-cart next to a missing Santa, a full-service restaurant, and now a franchise model with nationwide shipping and high-protein bowls built arou...

People in this episode

Host: Brandon Mulnix

Guest: Raechel Van Buskirk

Topics covered

• entrepreneurship
• food industry
• franchising
• innovation
• business growth

Keywords

• deviled eggs
• entrepreneurship
• franchise
• food business
• sriracha bacon

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: national brand

Products: sriracha bacon deviled eggs

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