“Just getting started”

SALISBURY — Plenty of Rowan County residents surely attended the North Carolina State Fair, but at least one local company worked it. Wilnie Angibeau-Hunter is the owner of Kreyol Flavors, a local Haitian Caribbean food truck that served up their island cuisine in Raleigh last month. “We applied just like everyone else,” Angibeau-Hunter said. “From what I understand, there’s only about a 5 percent acceptance rate, so being selected was truly an honor. We were incredibly grateful for the opportunity and excited to represent our business at such a major event.” Kreyol Flavors started by “selling our own custom blends of spices, marinades and spicy slaw,” she said. Then, during the COVID pandemic, her mother, Michele, moved from New York to N.C. “I would take pictures of the meals she prepared, post them on social media, and people started asking if I could bring them lunch and even offering to pay,” Angibeau-Hunter said.

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