Couples in the Kitchen: Stephanie Swanz & Felix “Bubba” Flores

This week, we’re continuing our Couples in the Kitchen series with a pair who both make their living in the food business. Stephanie Swanz is the founder of Empamamas inside Tampa’s Armature Works food hall. Her fiance, Felix “Bubba” Flores, is the founder of Wicked Oak Barbecue.Dalia sat down with the power couple at their Tampa office, from which they run their culinary empire. Stephanie and Bubba recall how they met in the most Tampa way ever, and what the busy entrepreneurs and parents eat on typical weeknight.Related episodes: Why Boozy Pig Owner Andrew Tambuzzo Bought a Herd of Swine How “Food Led the Way” for Cuban Influence in Tampa How to Start a Cottage Food Business in Florida: Lessons from the Lentil House How Spanish Settlers Brought Pigs to Florida and Started America’s Barbecue Craze