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Meatball. and Hey PB&J owner Matt McDonald has a lifetime love of food. A graduate of New York’s Culinary Institute of America, he trained under four James Beard Award Winners and four Food & Wine Best New Chefs in kitchens in Chicago, IL. and Minneapolis, MN. After running restaurant kitchens and his own catering business, he fell in love with food trucks after a visit to Los Angeles and its vibrant street food scene. Matt launched Hey PB&J in 2011, selling unique, grilled peanut butter and jelly sandwiches out of a funky, jam colored, 1979 Chevy truck. His second concept — a shiny, open kitchen trailer called Meatball. — hit the streets in 2014. His work has been featured on The Cooking Channel’s Eat St., Travel Channel’s Food Paradise, recognized locally in 5280 Magazine, Westword, 303 Magazine, among others, and nationally in USA Today, Thrillist, and The Culture Trip.
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Unique peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
Meatball. and Hey PB&J owner Matt McDonald has a lifetime love of food. A graduate of New York’s Culinary Institute of America, he trained under four James Beard Award Winners and four Food & Wine Best New Chefs in kitchens in Chicago, IL. and Minneapolis, MN. After running restaurant kitchens and his own catering business, he fell in love with food trucks after a visit to Los Angeles and its vibrant street food scene. Matt launched Hey PB&J in 2011, selling unique, grilled peanut butter and jelly sandwiches out of a funky, jam colored, 1979 Chevy truck. His second concept — a shiny, open kitchen trailer called Meatball — hit the streets in 2014. His work has been featured on The Cooking Channel’s Eat St., Travel Channel’s Food Paradise, recognized locally in 5280 Magazine, Westword, 303 Magazine, among others, and nationally in USA Today, Thrillist, and The Culture Trip.
