\n The business began after Lion I, whose real name is Pablo, started sharing his cooking on Snapchat.\n<\/p>\n
\n Followers regularly asked if they could try his food, and one Christmas he decided to cook extra portions and offer \u00a310 food boxes.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cPeople came and bought them\u2014and that\u2019s where The Food Plug began,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Food Plug truck (Image: The Food Plug)\n<\/p>\n
\n Some of the food at the truck (Image: The Food Plug)\n<\/p>\n
\n What started as a small food-box venture has since grown into a fully branded food truck and catering business.\n<\/p>\n
\n Lion I has also catered at video shoots involving artists including Stormzy, Craig David, N-Dubz and Jess Glynne.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cSuccess for me is seeing something that started with a few \u00a310 food boxes grow into a fully branded food truck and catering business,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Food Plug truck (Image: The Food Plug)\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cEvery booking and returning customer reminds me how far The Food Plug has come.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Now, the rapper is concentrating on taking the business to the next level before returning to music.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cPutting music on hold was a difficult decision because it has always been a major part of who I am,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n Some of the food at the truck (Image: The Food Plug)\n<\/p>\n
\n The Food Plug truck (Image: The Food Plug)\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cHowever, I knew The Food Plug needs my full attention to reach its potential.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n His ambitions extend beyond the food truck.\n<\/p>\n
\n Lion I is planning to make The Food Plug a recognised brand across Suffolk and beyond, with bottled Plug Potion drinks set to reach shop shelves, followed by a range of sauces he is currently developing.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Plug Potion (Image: The Food Plug)\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI also want to expand the catering side and attend more major events and festivals,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n Although music is currently on hold, Lion I insists he has not given up on it.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI\u2019m trying to build the food plug properly before returning to music,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The business began after Lion I, whose real name is Pablo, started sharing his cooking on Snapchat. Followers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":766009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-766008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/766009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}