VGCC Franklin Campus to host Food Truck Rodeo

Vance-Granville Community College’s Franklin County Campus will be the site of a Mini Food Truck Rodeo on Tuesday, June 16, from 5 until 8 p.m.

At least three food trucks based in the Raleigh area are scheduled to be featured: Virgil's (Jamaican cuisine), Ladybug’s Treats (specializing in homemade desserts), and Chick-n-Que (known for their chopped chicken barbeque and ostrich burgers).

The “rodeo” comes just days after VGCC wraps up a series of four workshops in a Mobile Food Truck Entrepreneurship program , also held at Franklin Campus. The program, the first of its kind to be offered in North Carolina, is a partnership of VGCC’s Small Business Center and Personal Enrichment department . Students who have completed the series will attend the rodeo as a way to cap off their training. They will have the opportunity to see food trucks in action and ask questions of the participating operators.

Queen Harris, co-owner/operator of Chick-n-Que, served as the instructor for the workshops. Harris and her husband have been operating a food truck for more than six years and recently also opened a restaurant. Through the VGCC series, Harris helped guide participants through the steps of planning, starting and maintaining a food truck or food cart business.

The college is preparing to offer the program a second time, in August (see "Art of Food Truck" on the Personal Enrichment schedule ).

The campus is located on N.C. 56, just west of Louisburg.

For more information, contact Emily McCormick at (252) 738-3385 or ped@vgcc.edu .

 

Above:  Queen Harris (right) served up samples of her chopped chicken barbecue from the Chick-n-Que mobile food truck when she visited VGCC’s Franklin Campus in May. Chick-n-Que will be among the participants at the Food Truck Rodeo on June 16. (VGCC photo)