Today we’d like to introduce you to Zan Sanders.
Hi Zan, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
I started my business about a year and a half ago now and what’s so crazy is before then, you would never catch me in the kitchen cooking anything. I always thought I didn’t have the patience and I remember I made some Rotel dip for my family one day and I forgot to drain the meat LMFAO it was so oily and my family made sure to bring that up anytime I attempted to cook anything after that so I made sure I stayed up out the kitchen lol. It wasn’t until I met my boyfriend and realized we were spending entirely too much money eating out so I decided I was gonna give cooking another try. I made a creamy garlic chicken on top of a bed of white jasmine rice and some asparagus and it was delicious!
Me and my boyfriend were shocked at how good it was. After that, I began cooking more and more and realized that not only could I cook pretty damn good but I actually had a passion for it. The more things I cooked, the more I surprised myself. I would post whatever I made for dinner on my Instagram story and everyone would bombard my dm’s like, “you need to sell plates!” because they got tired of me teasing them lol eventually, they convinced me to make an Instagram just for my food. I originally wanted to be known as “The black Betty Crocker,” but of my followers actually come up with “SooZanGood,” and I loved how catchy it was so here we are now!
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not, what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
It’s definitely been no smooth sailing road but that’s what I signed up for, right? Some of the struggles that I have are learning how to engage with my clients via Social media because we all know your likes don’t really matter, selling your product and making a profit is more than that. Also, as an entrepreneur I’m slowly but surely getting accustomed to knowing there can week where I make a lot of money and the next week could be a very slow week so budgeting is important. Even though it hasn’t been the easiest, I take every mistake I make as a learning lesson because I know that one day ill be able to look back and it’ll all be worth it.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know?
SooZanGood is home-based food service. I offer catering for small events, a variety of different meal preps, weekly plates, etc. I honestly haven’t even considered what types of food I would like to say I specialize in because not to sound cocky but I feel as if I can make anything and it will be SooZanGood! It’s something I know I’ll definitely need to figure out but as of now I’m still enjoying learning and just cooking great meals for people. My top sellers would definitely be my Salmon, Birria Tacos & my Pasta! I’ve been told by strangers that they can literally taste the love in my food! That’s definitely a top tier compliment for me because I really do cook with everything in me. It’s nothing I enjoy more than cooking!
We’d be interested to hear your thoughts on luck and what role, if any, you feel it’s played for you?
I don’t consider myself a lucky person so I don’t think luck has played a role within my business nor my life. I’ve worked very hard for any and everything I have so to say it was luck would definitely be discrediting all of my hard work.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: @SooZanGood
