Meet Brandon Matthews
I'm Brandon Matthews, and I run The Real Pie Plug—a mobile bistro bringing New Orleans street food to your event. Crawfish beignets, loaded fries, BBQ shrimp bowls, and catering built on decades of kitchen experience. I don't do shortcuts, I don't show up late, and I don't send someone else in my place. Just real food, real hustle, and real follow-through.
What You're Getting
When you book The Real Pie Plug, you're getting someone who's run high-volume bakery operations, managed teams, and turned around underperforming kitchens across New Orleans. I know how to scale up without losing quality, I know how to hit deadlines, and I know what it takes to feed a crowd right. That experience shows up in every tray, every pan, and every event I cater.
This isn't a side hustle or a hobby that got out of hand. This is what happens when you spend years learning the business from the ground up and finally build something that's yours.
From Porter to Plug
I grew up as the oldest in a big family raised by a single mother. We didn't have everything, but we had love, and that taught me how to work hard and stay grounded. I started in this industry at the bottom—cleaning floors as a porter at Antoine's Famous Cakes and Pastries. I watched, I learned, and I worked my way up through mixing, production, and eventually management. From bakeries to donut shops to running operations at Rouses Markets, every stop taught me something about this business. Now I'm taking all those years of experience and putting them into The Real Pie Plug.
Meet the Baker
I'm Brandon Matthews, and I started in this industry cleaning floors as a porter. I worked my way up through every level of New Orleans kitchens and bakery operations, and now I'm putting all that experience into The Real Pie Plug. Most importantly, I do this for my two boys—they're the reason I push every day.