The Chef Truck Has Some 'Trucking Good Food'

BRANFORD, CT — Even a cold wind couldn't mask the making-me-hungry breakfast aroma emanating from The Chef Truck on a frigid winter Saturday morning.

Parked on the edge of an Indian Neck salt marsh in the Friki Tiki parking lot next to Lenny's Indian Head Inn, the immaculate white food truck emblazoned with its likely soon very recognizable logo had a queue of hungry, and later happy, folks at the Chef Truck's 'Rise and Shine' inaugural breakfast business.

Chef/Owner John Kronfeld a Culinary Institute of America graduate has over 20 years in the restaurant business. He's worked in New York and Connecticut "helping to shape the culinary industry from high end dinning to artisanal burgers."

Saturday was his and partner Missy Miller's first day, and judging by the near 100 customers, several of whom told Patch that the food was "delicious" and "awesome," stands to do well. Indeed, one couple, who had grabbed their food and ate in their car, told Kronfeld, "We'd heard about you," and a reporter that the Tex-Mex Torpedo — soft scrambled eggs with black beans, crispy onions, avocado cojita cheese and salsa verde in flour tortilla —was "very, very good."

Another group was excited to try The Hangover, a folded omelette with American cheese, griddled sausage, hash brown patty, kicked up ketchup, soft whole G roll, and the Breakfast Belly Bombs, crispy tots, bacon crumble, white cheddar, scrambled eggs, kicked up ketchup & cracked pepper aioli.

Open from 8 a.m. until 12 noon, customers came right up until closing.

"We had so many people come by and were excited about the business," Missy said.

"Prepping yesterday, there were a lot of nerves: what are people going to want? What are they going to like? We guessed right," Kronfled said.

Can't come to the truck? It will come to you and by the way, it's not all about breakfast. Order meal kits. Order food online. And choose from menu items like the 'Hamm'o'slammo,' shaved ham, slow cooked pork shoulder, pickled porcinis, swiss, hammonassat hot dijion, griddled roll, or a Super Grain Salad with quinoa, wheatberry, cucumber, spinach, sun dried tomato, crispy cheddar, or a a bowl of Doodles Noodles, chilled soba noodles, shredded chicken, scallion, pickled shiitakes, pickled ginger, orange sesame dressing.

Kronfeld says that the mission is to "provide culinary services to the community that will allow people to have a restaurant experience on the street, at a festival or in your home through private events and meals to go."

"We bring the truck to you with meal kits and private event services," Kronfeld says.

The Chef Truck offers private event packages to create a custom experience for birthdays, reunions, adult’s night out, tasting menus, happy hour, or cooking demonstrations and does Meal Kits select days a month.

"Our kits provide easy to follow instructions that make your meal simple and delicious. Provide your next gathering with something that is made locally, with high quality ingredients, prepared by a chef for your family," Kronfeld says.

The Chef Truck will be serving breakfast Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings from 8 a.m. until 12 noon. It's located at 3 Linden Ave., in Branford. The truck accepts credit, debit and cash.