August 9, 2024 –

Dayton native Martina Scott has quadrupled her customer base since she started cooking from her home almost four years ago.

On Wednesday, Aug. 7, she started her first day as a member of 6888 Kitchen Incubator, 32 S. Ludlow St., at the Dayton Arcade because she needed more space and wanted to cook outside of her home.

She started cooking and selling dinners during the coronavirus pandemic after she was let go from her job and needed a way to provide for her eight kids. She said she was cooking a lot of different dishes, but it became overwhelming so she ended up choosing one: potatoes.

Boss Potatoes was established in 2021.

“Everybody loves potatoes,” Scott said. “You can eat it mashed, baked, smashed, hashbrowns, tater tots, french fries — you name it, you can do a lot with a potato.”