Cuisine with Careda.

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Cuisine with Careda.

By Careda Matthews of Yo Mamas Kitchen

Careda Matthews is an entrepreneur who has turned her
passion for food and fashion
into lucrative businesses. For the last 22
years she has worked inside the Reading
Terminal Market cooking while for 10
years, she has operated accessories
traveling saleswoman business for both
men and women.
Using Facebook and Instagram to stay
connected with her clientele, she would
post her pop-up shop location.
Hailing from Kingston Jamaica, her
“side gig ” came through the need to
supplement her income. Raising three
children as a single parent on a chef
salary was tight. Her second love was
always fashion so she took the risk
and invested two paychecks to get some
inventory.
As the businesses have grown, she has
paid it forward by sponsoring the
Miss Jamaica Teen competitors with
their accessories and organized food
drives for the homeless. The time has
come to step into a new phase, kick
this show into high gear.
Matthews will open the doors to her
own restaurant inside the Reading
Terminal Market downtown
Philadelphia this month.
She will be the first Caribbean woman
to open a food establishment at the
terminal featuring a Caribbean fusion
menu. You can view some of her
offerings at.
https://m.facebook.com/CaredasAccesso
ries/ or
https://www.facebook.com/caredascarib
beancuisine/
or call (267) 592-1446