Kansas City catering business forced to pivot when COVID-19 hit Cool Guy Food catering opened a curbside and delivery business called the Soup Kitchen Share Updated: 8:34 PM CST Mar 4, 2021 Cool Guy Food catering opened a curbside and delivery business called the Soup Kitchen Share Updated: 8:34 PM CST Mar 4, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript HIT. THIS IS THE OXTAIL SOUP ONE YEAR AGO, JEFF BURGESS. AND BUSINESS PARTNER CODY WYATT THOUGHT THEY HAD IT PRETTY GOOD. HE WAS IN WICHITA. WE DID FLEETWOOD MAC. WHETHER IT WAS A BROADWAY MUSICAL AT STARLIGHT A SOLD. SHOW WHAT ARROWHEAD OR A DAY-LONG ROCKFEST TWO OF US BECAUSE WE’RE PARTNERS. THEY’RE COOL GUY FOOD CATERING BUSINESS HANDLING CONCERTS SHOWS AND TV PRODUCTION SHOOTS WAS TAKING OFF THERE WAS MONTHS WHERE WE WERE JUST CONCERT AT CONCERT. YOU WEREN’T EVEN SURE WHO YOU WERE COOKING FOR BUT ONE DAY WHILE GETTING READY FOR A SHOW AT THE MIDLAND AND I GOT A PHONE CALL THAT SAID, HEY, WE’RE SHUTTING THIS THING DOWN. WE’RE NOT HAVING THIS CONCERT TONIGHT. YOU CAN COME, YOU KNOW CLEAR EVERYTHING BACK OUT AND WE REALLY WEREN’T SURE WHAT THAT MEANT YET. AND WITH THAT THE FUN AND THE WORK AND THE FOOD WAS ALL OVER SO THEY ASKED WHAT’S NEXT AT THE MOMENT. YOU THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE TEMPORARY A WEEK. MAYBE A MONTH NOT LONG. SURE. I MEAN WITH THE OTHER STUFF LIKE H1N1 ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE WERE SCARED WAS GOING TO COME OVER HERE. NEVER REALLY EVER HAPPENED, BUT THEN WEEKS TURNED INTO MONTHS. PURCHASE AND IS PARTNER OPERATE THEIR KITCHEN OUT OF THIS OLD? BUILDING ON LINWOOD, BUT WHEN THE SHOW STOPPED THEY FELT LIKE THEY HAD TO DO SOMETHING SO THEY OPENED UP A CURBSIDE AND DELIVERY BUSINESS OUT OF THE SAME BUILDING. WE’VE GOT THIS KITCHEN. WE’VE GOT PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO WORK. AND HONESTLY, IT’S LIKE ANYTHING ELSE IF YOU DON’T PRACTICE IT YOU’RE GOING TO GET RUSTY AT IT. IT’S CALLED THE SOUP KITCHEN WITH AN ONLINE MENU AND THE HOPE THIS WILL GET THEM BY UNTIL THE SHOWS RETURN. THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW AND THIS IS WHAT THEY’RE GOING WITH BELIEVING THE PANDEMIC CAN’T LAST.