New family-run food truck launches in West Sussex – with some surprising items on the menu

Feel Good Food is located on Hillview Business Park, alongside Roundstone Reborn Garden Centre and Aragona Martial Arts, on Littlehampton Road.

It is run by Michal Wrobel, who has 16 years as a chef and said he is putting his passion for creating delicious home-cooked food into the business. He is also supported by his wife and father-in-law, making it a real family affair.

Launched four weeks ago, Michal bought the truck in Wales and transported it back to Sussex with father-in-law Savio Aragona, who owns the business park and the Aragona gym and garden centre on site.

Michal said: “My family are Polish and my wife’s family are Italian and we both love food. I’ve been a chef for quite a while – my grandmother was a chef, my mother was a chef, so it made sense to me to launch this business.

“I have been in the kitchen since I was a little child, I learned cooking from my family and have a passion for food.”

Michal previously worked as a chef in The Fish Factory, as well as in a care home. And when he’s not cooking he works as a martial arts instructor at Aragona gym along with Savio.

Feel Good Food will be offering items with a Polish flavour, including traditional Polish sausage and tomato sauce sourced from the town where Michal grew up – Włocławek. He has also chosen top-quality beef to make a burger ‘to suit everyone’s tastes’.

The truck is also serving coffee sourced from an independent business in Italy, the owners of which are friends with Savio.

Michal said: “This is something I would like to share with everyone, I’m sharing the food I like to have on my plate, as well as my family.

"The taste and quality of the food is very important for us. I’m focused on high-quality ingredients, home-cooked food. I know this is a trailer, but it’s more restaurant-quality food.”

The meat is sourced from a local butcher in Durrington, and some of the ingredients sourced from a Polish shop. Vegetables come from the farm shop on site.

“Eventually, I’d like to get to the point where people buy whatever they want to eat in the shop here and then I cook up a dish for them,” Michal added. “I think performing like this, freestyle with the food, is one of the best parts of being a chef. I will forget the recipes and put my heart into it.

“The secret to good food is fresh ingredients, and that’s key to what I’m doing.”

Feel Good Food already has repeat customers as Michal said they have been impressed with the experience of the flavours, stating it is a ‘big achievement’.

He added: “I’d love people to come down and try the food. We’re currently building our business through word of mouth. We’re just getting people to know we’re here."

Feel Good Food is open from Monday to Saturday from 8am to 5pm. Michal may stay open later on Fridays to serve people from the gym.