- Joining us now, is one of our favorite guests
from last season, he's also an entrepreneur.
His background is in fitness apparel,
but last year he took a leap of faith
and purchased a food truck, remember this?
- I was making fitness apparel
and once the pandemic hit, everything just stopped.
- Yeah.
- What happened is, I was like,
"I need to think of something quick".
So I'm like, "Okay, Jamie, everybody needs to eat".
- Exactly.
- Everybody didn't need workout gloves at this time,
but everybody needs to eat.
So I'm like, "Okay, let me get a food truck".
So, I got a food truck
and I have no culinary experience whatsoever.
I just eat because I needed to eat.
But when I would go places, it was nothing really, good.
So, my dad always told me, he was like,
"Jamie, if you're going to do something,
you have to do it well".
So, we created the menu and here we are today.
(audience applauds)
- Well, I can tell you firsthand,
his culinary creations are extraordinary
from Treat Day Truck, welcome back, Jamie, y'all.
(audience applauds)
- Hey.
Thank you, Kelly, thank you.
- I missed your smile as well.
- Oh my God, thank you, I am so excited.
- [Kelly] You have the best smile.
- Thank you, thank you.
- [Kelly] We're excited to have you back.
So for those who didn't see,
remind everybody like, how we found out about you.
- Okay, so... - Because I love this.
- Oh, thanks.
So, I was doing a catering event
and their stage manager, Ran, he discovered us.
He came, he tried the food
and now he's one of our best and favorite customers.
They come and eat all the time.
- Yes and he works here.
So, he came and told us about you.
- [Jamie] Right.
- And we were so excited to have you.
So have you, Damon, have you ever invested in food ventures?
Anything like that?
- I have, I have.
- [Kelly] You have? Yeah? All right.
- It's like the movie "Chef", I love that movie.
(Kelly laughs)
- [Kelly] I love you, that's great.
Well, Ran, what is it about the Treat Day Truck
that keeps you coming back?
- Here's the deal.
Jamie's product is really good, it's really good food,
but what really stood out for me, was the customer service
and the presentation that he offers.
I remember my wife went there first
and it was... It took a little bit of time
and it was like, "Hey, look, you don't have to wait.
I'll bring it to your house".
He doesn't know where we live.
He didn't ask how far we lived or anything like that.
But he was like, "Look, I'll bring this to your house".
It was very sincere,
really, good food, did I mention that?
- [Kelly] Yeah.
- And great customer service, that's what I love about it.
- I love that. (audience applauds)
So, business has been really great though,
since I last saw you, right?
- Oh my gosh, business has been amazing.
Since you've bit into that smoked duck taco...
- Oh yeah, I love that taco.
- Oh my gosh, we sold 14 cases
of smoked duck taco in two weeks.
That's more than we've ever sold before.
- [Kelly] Oh my God. (audience applauds)
- Like, seriously.
- Well, Jamie has a new item on his menu
that I want to try.
So, will you bring it out Justin?
Oh my gosh, that looks delicious.
(audience applauds)
Fine. Have I mentioned how much I love this job?
(audience and Jamie laugh)
- O-M-G.
- [Kelly] It's like, they feed you, it's like...
- Okay, you didn't get one, apparently.
You've had it.
- I've had it. (Kelly and Jamie laugh)
- Oh my God, I love chicken, y'all.
Okay, so wait, tell us what we're tasting.
What is... Is this what it is?
Is this what I'm... What are we having?
- [Jamie] No, okay...
- It's not?
- [Jamie] No, it's not chicken.
- What am I having?
- Okay so, thanks to you and all your lovely fans,
the people that love you so much.
They bought out all our smoked duck taco.
I kid you not, we could not get no smoked duck taco.
So, I'm like, "Oh man, we got to do something".
So, we decided to get some lobster.
(Kelly gasps) And I went down and yeah...
- Is this fried lobster?
- Yes, it's fried lobster burger.
(audience gasps) (audience applauds)
Yes. - Fine.
- [Jamie] This is our fried lobster burger.
- Fine, I'm going to smoosh it.
- We take our... We buy... We don't use...
- Fried lobster burger?
- Fried lobster burger.
So, we don't use that pre-packaged lobster claw meat
that comes in a bag.
We actually buy the claw with the shell.
We de-shell it and we put our special, coating on it
and we fry it up.
- We are going to do great with this business.
(Jamie and audience laugh)
- Most people don't... Most people do not fry lobster,
but I'm not most people.
- Hey, Texans will fry anything.
(Kelly laughs) (audience applauds)
I'm into this, this is so good.
So, Damon, Jamie's truck has been a huge success,
but what's he doing right
and how can he continue to grow and improve?
What do you think?
- Well, I think he's said the number one thing, right?
Customers always first.
He made people feel special about what they're doing.
He does have to look at the numbers
and I haven't looked at with him,
but he's doing that right and that...
Word of mouth is something you cannot substitute with money.
He needs to franchise this thing, immediately.
Get a whole bunch of trucks out there
that are paying him to carry the name and carry his message.
And the food speaks for itself.
The easiest thing to sell is the truth
and this is amazing, this is some good fry.
(audience applauds)
- And also thank you because when we had...
We had you try the apple turnover.
- Oh my gosh, I remember it.
My mouth just watered.
- So, when we were here last time,
we had three flavors of the apple turnover.
Now we have 16 flavors of apple turnover,
(audience gasps)
16, we just came up with a mandarin-orange the other day.
- Wait, where the hell is that, Jamie?
(audience laughs)
- I've brought you a big box, in the back,
full of turnovers.
- [Kelly] Okay.
- We have a tropical turnover.
It has pineapples, it has mandarins in it,
orange, it has... Oh my gosh.
- [Kelly] I'm into it, you brought that in a box?
- We brought it.
- [Kelly] If you didn't, if you're lying right now,
I'm going to find you.
- [Jamie] We brought a big box full.
And the good part is, now we ship.
So starting November 1st, we will be shipping turnovers.
(audience applauds)
- Oh my God, they're so good. - Thank you, Kelly, thank you.
- Maybe not for my behind, but they are so good.