UNIVERSITY CITY (WPVI) — You can find Shon Emmanuel, aka Chef Sunflower, in the southwest corner of 30th Street station, fittingly stationed under a sunflower-filled billboard for Maryland Tourism.<\/p>\n
Chef Sunflower makes everything from a vegan turkey hoagie to a char-seared bacon cheeseburger. There’s a tuna salad sandwich and a chicken salad wrap.<\/p>\n
Her sausage, egg and cheese breakfast sandwich is the best seller.<\/p>\n
She makes a Philly cheesesteak, with scratch-made buffalo chicken and cheese and a crab cake sandwich made from hearts of palm.<\/p>\n
Growing up, Chef Sunflower worked summers in her late grandfather’s restaurant, Supreme Oasis, which started in Baltimore, Maryland.<\/p>\n
When her family moved the restaurant to 44th Street and Lancaster Avenue in West Philadelphia, 6 years ago, Shon was working as a paramedic in the city.<\/p>\n
She decided to join the family business.<\/p>\n
And, as people started asking for healthier options during the pandemic, Shon started experimenting with vegan versions of the restaurants favorite sandwiches.<\/p>\n
She’s now launched her own venture, called BTW, It’s Vegan.<\/p>\n
She also makes nut-free sweet treats-cookies, cupcakes and cheesecakes along with her signature, Shonee, which is a veganized spin on Little Debbie’s oatmeal cream pie.<\/p>\n
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