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Oumar Diouf
The Damel

The Damel, Oumar Diouf

Title / Role: Chef and Founder
www.thedamel.com
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Oumar Diouf is the Chef and founder of The Damel, a quick service, take-out, and delivery food service business in Oakland, that serves West African and South American cuisine, including Argentinian empanadas. His mission is to contribute to the Bay Area’s life and culture by building a new culinary adventure based on his background, his cooking experience, travel stories, languages, and cultures.

Oumar is an immigrant who started in 2017 offering an Afro Brazilian Catering service. The Damel now has a brick-and-mortar location and a food truck in Downtown Oakland and has started a ghost kitchen in San Francisco.

“SCORE has been involved in my business since day 1. I was lucky to meet Mr. Hank Weiner and Mr. Leland Dear to work with me step by step on how to correctly write a business plan, and most importantly, how to run a successful business in the United States. Their help saved me from making mistakes that could delay the growth of my business. This for sure made all my progress less stressful.”

 

Oumar Diouf, Owner of the Damel
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Leland Dear

My 33+ years of expertise in the California Bay Area is in the 4 Rs - Retail, Restaurant, Real...

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