Toulouse. Skinny Cat’s bike-plancha makes people happy among precarious people
Appointment was made in the solidarity garden of the Grand Ramier, a stone’s throw from the social restaurant managed by Toulouse Métropole. “This is the second time I’ve come here, testifies Kamel Secraoui, alias Skinny Cat, creator of a plancha bike that cooks for homeless people. I’m starting to know some faces”.
In this bucolic space open to all, Kamel has installed his mobile plancha, an object created in the summer of 2021: “The operation is simple, assures Kamel, known in Toulouse for his often offbeat street art creations. This bike pulls a trailer stainless steel that turns into a mobile plancha, intended to go to inaccessible places where trucks, for example, cannot pass, such as in the Saint-Aubin district or the Prairie des Filtres. Places where the homeless meet. Because Kamel did not design his plancha bike without but precise “it’s not just to make yet another creation, he notes, but to allow people in need to eat better with quality products. , prepared with relish.
An elaborate cuisine
An idea born during the first confinement when Kamel distributed food to the poor. “Offering meals is good, but there was a lack of social ties. With this bike, communication suddenly becomes easier. If only about the curiosity of the object”. On this stainless steel griddle, vegetable burgers are delicious, as are cakes or pancakes. two months, Georges comes to the Grand Ramier but also to the Restos du Cœur “I have become a fan of the plancha bike. The burgers are to die for. It almost feels like eating at home”. This was the goal of our artist Chat Maigre.