Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles >> ORDER UP! >> TALENTED CHEFS ACROSS OUR REGION OFTEN WORK LONG, HARD HOURS TO FULFILL THEIR PASSION, CREATING FRESH, FLAVORFUL DISHES FOR DINERS. >> ALMOST ALL THESE VEGETABLES ARE FROM THE LOCAL FARMER'S MARKET HERE. >> BUT THE PATRONS OF ONE GIFTED CHEF IN SIOUX CITY DON'T SIT DOWN AT A RESTAURANT TABLE. THEY LINE UP OUTSIDE. AND THEY'RE USUALLY ON-THE-GO. >> LOOK. CHEF PAUL. BREAKFAST WRAP. >> THE CHEF'S KITCHEN IS ON-THE-GO, TOO, IN A MOBILE FOOD TRUCK -- A CONVERTED AIRSTREAM, TO BE EXACT. AND EVEN ON A RAINY OCTOBER DAY, CUSTOMERS GATHER AT THE TRUCK WINDOW TO ORDER UP DELIGHTFUL LOCAL FLAVORS. >> HI. >> I WOULD LIKE TO GET AN ORGANIC VEGGIE OMELETTE. NO MEAT. >> ALL RIGHT. COULD YOU START SOME VEGETABLES COOKING? EVEN THOUGH I'M CLASSICALLY TRAINED, I TRY TO KEEP THE FOOD AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE SO YOU CAN TASTE THE EGG OF TASTE THE VEGETABLE. >> RAISED AND EDUCATED IN CALIFORNIA, CHEF PAUL MOVED TO IOWA TO BE CLOSER TO HIS WIFE'S FAMILY. AND HE'S SPENT THE LAST 20 YEARS EMBRACING LOCAL, ORGANIC, AND FLAVORFUL FOODS. >> CHEF PAUL, WHAT KIND OF SAUSAGE? >> IT'S FROM BEELER'S. IT'S ALL-NATURAL, NITRATE FREE FROM JUST UP THE ROAD IN LE MARS. >> THE FOOD-TRUCK SCENE HAS GAINED POPULARITY IN LARGE METRO AREAS LIKE SEATTLE, LOS ANGELES, TAMPA, AND ST. LOUIS. FROM ETHNIC DELICACIES TO POPULAR STANDBYS, FOOD TRUCKS HAVE A CHARM AND STYLE ALL THEIR OWN. CHEF PAUL'S SPROUTSTREAM ATTRACTS LOYAL FOLLOWERS AT THE SIOUX CITY FARMER'S MARKET. BUT HE ALSO ROLLS THE TRUCK OUT FOR SPECIAL EVENTS LIKE WEDDINGS, FILM FESTIVALS, AND FOOD CELEBRATIONS. AND WITH SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE MIX, FOOD TRUCKS LIKE SPROUTSTREAM NO LONGER FEEL LIKE THEY'RE PLAYING A GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK. CUSTOMERS CAN FOLLOW ALONG AND FIND THE LATEST PARKING SPOT. THE FOOD-TRUCK ATMOSPHERE IS JUST AS MUCH ABOUT SOCIALIZING AS IT IS ABOUT CULINARY ENJOYMENT. >> [ LAUGHS ] >> BUT ON A COLD, RAINY DAY, IT MIGHT JUST BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT CHEF PAUL'S GOOD FOOD. >> OUR NORMAL MENU THIS SEASON HAS BEEN WRAPS. WE'VE HAD VEGAN WRAPS AND ALL-NATURAL CHICKEN WRAPS. WE'VE HAD FISH TACOS, WHICH WE REALLY ENJOY. WE'VE HAD OMELETTES. AGAIN, WITH OUR OMELETTES AND WRAPS, WE TRY TO USE EITHER LOCALLY SOURCED WITHIN 100 MILES OF SOMETHING WE KNOW OR ORGANIC. AND, FOR THE MOST PART, WE CAN, AND AT THIS POINT, WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE, WHEN IT'S NOT ONE OF THOSE TWO THINGS, THEN WE LET PEOPLE KNOW. >> WITH TEMPTING MENU ITEMS AND APPRECIATIVE CUSTOMERS, CHEF PAUL ALSO LIKES THE INTERACTION HIS FOOD TRUCK OFFERS. >> AND THEN FROM FREEDOM FARMS AND COLBUCK'S FARMS AND CASTLE CREEK AND CORNUCOPIA, WE GOT THE REST OF THE VEGETABLES, WHICH ARE, LIKE, KALE, PEPPERS, AND ONIONS. FOOD IS KIND OF THE COMMUNAL LANGUAGE. IT TRANSCENDS, YOU KNOW, CULTURAL BARRIERS. IT'S SOMETHING WE ALL SHARE IN COMMON. SO, FOR ME, ANY TIME I CAN COMMUNE WITH PEOPLE AND FIND OUT WHAT THEY WANT, IT'S REALLY REWARDING. >> THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF THE FOLKS IN SIOUX LAND, CHEF PAUL'S SPROUTSTREAM CONTINUES TO HIT THE HIGHWAY TO BRING HIS FRESH PERSPECTIVE AND LOCAL, TASTY DISHES ANYWHERE THE ROAD TAKES HIM.
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