She and her sister-in-law made table-long charcuterie spreads for family gatherings, and she started selling them to other people on Facebook Marketplace in May 2022.
Her first batch, made at her "kitchen island," was modest compared to her current ones, Smith says.
Smith built her business, now called Bite by Bite & Co., from her house and a nearby church kitchen while maintaining her full-time job as a project manager at Capital One.
"To my core, I love entertaining, I love hosting, I love giving everybody a good experience," says Smith.
My business has evolved to really provide a more homemade experience — we create our own cheese balls and cheese dips from fresh ingredients.
Persons:
they've, Teyoshe, Smith, —, she'd
Organizations:
CNBC, Facebook, Capital
Locations:
AskMakeIt@cnbc.com, Richmond , Virginia, Richmond, Atlanta