Taiki Nakajima left his family’s restaurant in Japan in search of more inspiration. After traveling through places like Italy and India, he found himself in Portland, Oregon. There, he brought Japan to the Pacific Northwest with his Japanese sandos – composed sandwiches made with fluffy bread, with fillings like egg salad and katsu chicken.

Isaiah Bostic is the mastermind behind Batter on Deck, a food cart he started in Portland, OR devoted to his favorite food: corn dogs. Batter on Deck takes food served on a stick to new heights with creative concoctions like steak and cheese tornado potatoes, extra spicy Hot Cheeto corn dogs, and much more.

Jeremy Batista is the man behind Bodega Truck, the first bodega food truck in NYC to serve one of the city’s most famous sandwiches: the chopped cheese. With his girlfriend Angela and his former bodega owner mother Sonia, he brings the taste of The Bronx to all five boroughs, and hopefully, the world.

Nicole Allen is the chef and owner of Nic’s Shrimp House, an up-and-coming food truck that offers southern style shrimp dishes all around Las Vegas. You might not associate Las Vegas with cajun inspired seafood, but Nicole has defied the expectations of the Las Vegas food truck scene by dishing out her 3-foot-long jumbo shrimp skewers, and other dishes that offer her original take on shrimp.