A little spice. A little story. A lot of heart. 🍝✨

My grandmother’s Spanish Noodles… reimagined.
Same roots, new rhythm—made with my Flower Chef pasta.

Clean. Bold. just a little fiery—because tradition deserves evolution, not restriction.

And tonight… we celebrate. 🇲🇽🔥
Cinco de Mayo, but make it elevated.

Finished with the perfect pairing—
Read Holland’s Riesling 🍷
Crisp, bright, and cooling the spice like it was meant to be there all along.

This is how we honor the past… and cook forward.

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#CincoDeMayo #FlowerChefJules #SpanishNoodles #Riesling #plantbasedchef

It took me two years to make this pasta.

Two years of testing flour, chasing texture, learning what “al dente” really means when there’s no wheat to hide behind.

And now… I’m sitting in a restaurant, watching an Italian chef bring it to life.

This is why I do what I do.
So more people can sit at the table again.

If you’ve ever had to give something up you loved… I made this for you. 🤍

Come sit at my table.

#flowerchefjules
#chefjuleshouser
#glutenfreepasta
#highproteinpasta

Most people think biodynamic is just organic with better marketing.
It’s not.

Organic tells you what to avoid.
Biodynamic teaches you how to rebuild.

Out here, it’s simple.
Take care of the soil… and everything else follows.

As a chef, I feel it immediately.
Better soil means deeper flavor, cleaner expression, less I have to do.

This is where great food begins.
And the kind of ingredients I’ll always chase.

(Grazie @rivetto_wines showing me this up close.)

#FlowerChefFoods #FlowerChefJules

A logistics company once held my business hostage.

Charged me for it.
Then blocked my number when I pushed back.

In August 2025, I signed Flower Chef Foods with a 3PL.
AI systems. Big promises.

They stayed a month. Then disappeared.

Charges kept coming.
Support kept saying: “Someone is handling it.”

No one ever did.

The breaking point?
70 boxes to Amazon FBA. Planned a month ahead.
They never kitted it. They never sent it. It got stuck.

We missed it. Weeks of lost sales.

I was in Italy, calling daily. No answers.
Just a system with no humans inside.

Until I hit the moment every founder fears:

On the street. On the phone with my bank.
Trying to stop charges on inventory I couldn’t access.

I walked away from it.
To stop the bleeding.

So we rebuilt. Kitted our own packs. Packed every order by hand.

Now we’re live on Amazon Prime.
Not because the system worked. Because we did.

3 things I’ll never skip again:
1. Test before you trust
2. Ask: what happens when this breaks?
3. Build your exit before you need it

Choose your partners carefully.

What’s one question you always ask before handing over your product?

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