Tamika Hurley-Carr |Fat Sisters, LLC
Tamika Hurley-Carr was born and raised in Atlanta, GA in Southwest Atlanta. She has two sons,
Christopher 30 and Zion 18 and her little sweet pea of a granddaughter, Alaina,4. Tamika began her love
for cooking at the age 6 cooking with her grandmother who was trained by her mother who had the
privilege of owning a restaurant on Old Fourth Ward back in the 40’s. She began baking cookies and
assisting her mom in baking and selling Cream Cheese Pound Cakes.
Tamika started her secondary education at Ga. Southern University. Even though her career path was
always to be a lawyer she could not overcome her love of cooking. Therefore, she matriculated through
the Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts School of Atlanta, where she earned an Associate of Occupational
Science degree in Culinary Arts. Tamika trained at numerous restaurants including Bones, the #1
steakhouse and her mentors include Chef Leonard Lewis and Connie Brice, two of Atlanta’s foremost
culinary experts. Tamika opened her 1 st Catering business, RFA Catering, with her parents back in the
90’s before venturing into her new business, Fat Sisters, specializing in healthy meals and catering.
Tamika’s expertise in her profession has not gone unnoticed. As such, Women Looking Ahead News
Magazine honored her for two consecutive years as one of Georgia’s Most Powerful and Influential
Women, and The Atlanta Business League nominated her company for the Best Home-Based Business
award. Committed to achieving the highest level of professionalism in her industry, Hurley-Carr is a
former member of The National Association of Catering Executives additionally, she has chaired the
catering component of the Allie awards, an event presented by ISES (International Special Events
Society.)
Understanding the concept, “We become so that others may become,” Hurley-Carr was a Chef Mentor
for South Fulton’s Tri-Cities High School’s culinary arts department and presently a Chef Mentor for
Fulton County Schools Center and Career Tech, wherein she assists and works with young students and
allow students to intern.
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