{"id":58625,"date":"2021-09-16T16:16:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T21:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resource-center.hrblock.com\/?post_type=newsroom&#038;p=58625"},"modified":"2024-09-12T09:57:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T14:57:11","slug":"kc-culinary-entrepreneurship-program","status":"publish","type":"newsroom","link":"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/newsroom\/people-culture\/kc-culinary-entrepreneurship-program\/","title":{"rendered":"H&#038;R Block Profiles in Black Entrepreneurship: Chef Creates Culinary Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"gutenslider-7arjkys0p\" class=\"wp-block-eedee-block-gutenslider gs-frontend content-change alignnone adaptive-height arrow-style-1 arrow-position-sides arrow-mb-none arrows-lg arrows-md arrows-sm dot-style-1 dots-lg dots-md dots-sm dot-position-bottom is-position-center-center mb-none wrap-auto-height\" data-parallax-direction=\"down\" data-parallax-amount=\"1.3\" data-lg-transition=\"lg-slide\" data-hash=\"\" ><div class=\"eedee-swiper-outer\" style=\"--gutenslider-min-height: 100vh;--gutenslider-arrow-size: 30px;--gutenslider-dot-size: 25px;--gutenslider-arrow-color: #ffffff;--gutenslider-dot-color: #ffffff;--gutenslider-padding-y-mobile: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-mobile: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-y-tablet: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-tablet: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-y-desktop: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-desktop: 40px;--gutenslider-bg-image: url();--gutenslider-min-height-md: 50vh;--gutenslider-min-height-sm: 50vh;--gutenslider-padding-x: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-md: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-sm: 20px;--gutenslider-padding-y: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-y-md: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-y-sm: 20px;--gutenslider-arrow-size-md: 30px;--gutenslider-arrow-size-sm: 30px;--gutenslider-dot-size-md: 25px;--gutenslider-dot-size-sm: 25px;--gutenslider-arrow-bg-color: transparent;--gutenslider-arrow-hover-color: #eeeeee;--gutenslider-arrow-bg-hover-color: transparent;--gutenslider-arrow-x-offset: 10px;--gutenslider-arrow-x-offset-md: 10px;--gutenslider-arrow-x-offset-sm: 10px;--gutenslider-arrow-y-offset: 0px;--gutenslider-arrow-y-offset-md: 0px;--gutenslider-arrow-y-offset-sm: 0px;--gutenslider-arrow-x-spacing: 0px;--gutenslider-dot-y-offset: 10px;--gutenslider-dot-y-offset-md: 10px;--gutenslider-dot-y-offset-sm: 10px;--gutenslider-margin-x: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-x-md: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-x-sm: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-y: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-y-md: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-y-sm: 0px;--gutenslider-divider-top: 60px;--gutenslider-divider-bottom: 60px;--gutenslider-lightgallery-bg: #ffffff;--gutenslider-lightgallery-font: #000000;--gs-first-pos: 50% 50%;--gs-gap-vertical: var( --wp--style--gallery-gap-default, var( --gallery-block--gutter-size, var( --wp--style--block-gap, 0.5em ) ) );--gs-gap-horizontal: var( --wp--style--gallery-gap-default, var( --gallery-block--gutter-size, var( --wp--style--block-gap, 0.5em ) ) );\"><div class=\"gutenslider-divider-top\" style=\"color:#fff;\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper\" data-settings='{\"autoplay\":{\"delay\":3000,\"pauseOnMouseEnter\":true,\"disableOnInteraction\":false},\"speed\":700,\"direction\":\"horizontal\",\"autoHeight\":\"\",\"loop\":true,\"centeredSlides\":true,\"spaceBetween\":0,\"slidesPerView\":1,\"slidesPerGroup\":1,\"effect\":\"slide\",\"coverflowEffect\":{\"rotate\":30,\"slideShadows\":false,\"depth\":100,\"stretch\":50,\"modifier\":1},\"fadeEffect\":{\"crossFade\":true},\"zoom\":\"\",\"navigation\":{\"nextEl\":\"#gutenslider-7arjkys0p .eedee-gutenslider-next\",\"prevEl\":\"#gutenslider-7arjkys0p .eedee-gutenslider-prev\"},\"pagination\":{\"type\":\"bullets\",\"clickable\":true,\"dynamicBullets\":false,\"el\":\"#gutenslider-7arjkys0p .eedee-gutenslider-pagination\"},\"pauseOnHover\":\"1\",\"watchSlidesProgress\":true,\"watchSlidesVisibility\":true,\"settingsMd\":{\"autoHeight\":\"\",\"slidesPerView\":1,\"slidesPerGroup\":1,\"spaceBetween\":0,\"loop\":true},\"settingsLg\":{\"autoHeight\":\"1\",\"slidesPerView\":1,\"slidesPerGroup\":1,\"spaceBetween\":0,\"loop\":true},\"hasLg\":false,\"hasLgCounter\":true,\"isFullScreen\":false,\"arrowsFollowMouse\":false,\"lgTitle\":\"none\",\"lgCaption\":\"none\",\"lgThumbnails\":true,\"lgZoomEnabled\":false,\"keyboard\":{\"keyboard\":{\"enabled\":true,\"onlyInViewport\":true}},\"hashNavigation\":false,\"dividers\":false}'><div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"swiper-slide wp-block-eedee-block-gutenslide is-position-center-center ed-bg-image\" style=\"--ed-vw:300;--ed-vh:200;\" data-hash=\"\"><div class=\"eedee-background-div bg-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" class=\"wp-image-58623\" src=\"https:\/\/hrbcomlnp.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Chef-Shanita-Bryant-7-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"object-fit: cover; 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But, she watched her father\u2019s journey as a business owner. \u201cHe was an entrepreneur and I\u2019ve always grown up watching him build and create\u2026chart his own path.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-before-it-was-in-vogue-i-was-doing-what-they-call-modern-southern-food\"><strong>\u201cBefore it was in vogue, I was doing what they call modern southern food.\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>She started in catering and meal-prepping and later opened a small brick-and-mortar restaurant Magnolia\u2019s and started a food truck. \u201cBefore it was in vogue, I was doing what they call modern southern food,\u201d says McAfee-Bryant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, McAfee-Bryant no longer has the restaurant, but she caters private events and has expanded to include new, virtual experiences and online cooking classes to her business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a little older now and this business is a beast, and it wreaks havoc on your body. But, I still have a passion and I love food,\u201d says McAfee-Bryant of her journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to her business, she is also the founder and executive director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprospectkc.org\/\">The Prospect KC<\/a>, a nonprofit focused on culinary education and workforce development. She says, \u201cif people get that little extra training they can unleash this untapped potential within themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After seeing a similar program in place from peers in Seattle, she decided to bring the idea to Kansas City. The city has tried building culinary programs before but they haven\u2019t stuck. McAfee-Bryant says that\u2019s because they didn\u2019t address the barriers people face. The Prospect aims to level the playing field by improving nutritional literacy, uplifting aspiring chefs and entrepreneurs of color, and offering additional community resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a mother, who had an infant while starting her business, McAfee-Bryant knows just how inhospitable the restaurant industry can be for mothers. She says, \u201cEntrepreneurship was the happy marriage between me being a professional and me being a parent.\u201d Being an entrepreneur has allowed her to balance motherhood with her passion for food, and introduce her children to the same passion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-i-know-numbers-but-i-don-t-love-numbers-i-love-food\"><strong>\u201cI know numbers, but I don\u2019t love numbers. I love food.\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>McAfee-Bryant has long been involved with the Urban League of Greater Kansas City, participating in programs, volunteering with her children, and most recently developing a partnership with her nonprofit during the pandemic to deliver food boxes to neighbors in need. McAfee-Bryant is also a participant in the first cohort of H&amp;R Block and ULKC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/newsroom\/around-block\/ulkc-partnership-support-black-businesses\/\">program providing free coaching and resources to Black-owned businesses<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McAfee-Bryant sees the issues the program is helping to solve around her, \u201cMost Black restaurants are started with family money\u2026but other restaurants start with, they go to the bank and they get a $5 million dollar loan, and they\u2019ve got $20,000 in reserve. And, we don\u2019t have that. It\u2019s not that we don\u2019t want that. 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That separation will help her simplify tracking business expenses and offer protection from potential issues and financial consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McAfee-Bryant recognizes the intention H&amp;R Block and ULKC\u2019s program was created with to ultimately support strong communities everywhere by uplifting micro-businesses. \u201cWhat we do is we employ people in the community, we spend our money with businesses in the community. 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