For Restaurants & Chefs

Test a market before
you commit to one.

ForkFlix gives restaurants and chefs a way to run a real, limited-run event in a new city — real turnout, real revenue, real demand data — before signing a lease or opening a location there.

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What ForkFlix Does For You

Three ways in

Market Testing

Prove demand before you sign a lease.

Run a limited pop-up in a new city and see real turnout, real revenue, and real demand-map data before committing six figures to a new location. You get the answer to "would this city actually show up" before it costs you anything permanent.

Chef Platform

Bring your name to a city without opening a restaurant there.

Celebrity and touring chefs get a turnkey venue, staffing, ticketing, and a built-in audience already primed for exclusive limited-run drops — no real estate, no long-term lease, no local hiring to manage.

Championship Exposure

Win the belt, win the market.

Compete in the ForkFlix Championship and put your name in front of every founding member in a city you're trying to break into. A title win is marketing you can't buy — and it travels with you into every future market.

How It Works

From application to opening night

Step 1

Apply

Tell us who you are, what you're bringing, and which city you're curious about.

Step 2

We build the drop

We handle venue, staffing, ticketing, and promotion built around your concept.

Step 3

You run the event

One night to two weeks. You focus on the food — we handle everything else.

Step 4

You get the data

Real turnout numbers and demand signal to inform your next real-world move.

Or come defend the belt.

The ForkFlix Championship is a running title fight across Best Chicken Sandwich, Best Wings, Best Burger, and Best Tacos. Restaurants and chefs battle head-to-head, the crowd and a judging panel decide, and the champion defends the belt in every city ForkFlix launches next.

Enter the Championship

Apply to partner

Tell us about your concept. We'll follow up to talk through markets, dates, and what a drop with ForkFlix would actually look like.

We read every application personally. No spam, ever.

You're in the queue.

We'll be in touch within a few days to talk next steps.