Derbyshire chef hopes to bring pop-up American style street food venture to more Chesterfield pubs

Greg Clarke, has been working as a chef for around 15 years working in various hotels and restaurants in and around the country. After striking out on his own, Greg set up Got Beef, a pop-up kitchen which serves American style street food.

Instead of serving his food out of a van, Greg’s pop-up venture takes over a pub's kitchen for an evening, serving up set menus of delicious street food.

To attract new customers, each evening has a differently themed menu, incorporating different aspects of North American street cuisine.

Greg wanted an opportunity to work independently and to bring something new to Chesterfield.

He said: “I just wanted to be creative and to do my own thing. I wanted to do something exciting and to make this into a bit of an event. The idea is that this isn’t something I do everyday or every week, it’s something that pops up every couple of weeks.”

Greg has run a couple of street food nights already - out of Neptune’s beer emporium on St Helen’s street, which he said have been well received.

The chef is looking to spread the word about this new venture and is hoping to find more venues to bring an evening of mouth-watering street food to.

Greg gets all his produce from local suppliers, including Elliott R B & Son Ltd butchers, R P Davidson Cheese Factor, and Ibbotsons for his fruit and vegetables.

Using local suppliers has been very important to Greg.

He said: “It builds up a community feeling when you use local businesses. I’ve been to all of the suppliers that I’ve used, with fliers, and asked them to put the fliers on their counters. I said to them that by doing this you're supporting me by helping to spread the word and I am supporting you by buying from you.”

Greg has an upcoming Got Beef event at Neptune’s on November 9, with a smashed patty burger theme. There will be a limited run of 30 burgers from 6pm to sell out.

To learn more about Got Beef, visit their Instagram page.