Danielle Custer Leaves Taste to Launch Food Truck
Monte Cristo will specialize in grilled cheese sandwiches.
Posted by: Christopher Werner on Jan 23, 2012 at 09:41AM
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After seven years as director at Taste, Danielle Custer is bowing out. She’s planning to launch a food truck dedicated to all things cheese.
“She’s been wanting to do this for quite some time,” said a rep for Custer. “She misses cooking and creating and cheese is one of her favorite things.”
If all goes as planned, Monte Cristo will launch in May as the ultimate comfort food wagon. Custer hopes to create a daily menu of eight grilled cheese sandwiches. Soups and artery cloggers like fried curds, mac and cheese, salad with bacon and blue cheese dressing, and possibly poutine will round out the offerings.
Kristin White, formerly the catering director, is stepping in as general manager at the Seattle Art Museum restaurant, and Cafe Juanita alum Jason Halstenrud as restaurant manager.
Updated Jan 24, 2012, to correct the spelling of Kristin White’s name.
Tags: Street Food, Coming Soon, Seattle Food Trucks, Shift Change, Danielle Custer, Monte Cristo
Yum! I know it will be a hit. Bring it on!
Sounds delicious! Grilled cheese sandwiches and childhood memories…perfect!
We are visiting in July, my large physique is down to my love of cheese. Kristin sounds like an amazing lady and is doing so much for the cheese loving community. We’re there!
Sounds like terrific fun! go get ’em Danielle!