WHAT IS CARNAL?

OUR MISSION: TO SMASH THE SNACKING STANDARD. FORGING FLAVOR THROUGH MICHELIN MASTERY AND RELENTLESS CRAFT. TASTE THE NEW BENCHMARK.

Carnal is a chef-founded premium meat snack company in Bellingham, Washington. Its three founding chefs — James, Aaron, and Sean — spent 30 combined years in Michelin-starred New York kitchens, including Eleven Madison Park, The NoMad, and Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare, before Esquire named their Carnal restaurant one of the 50 Best New Restaurants in America. That same precision now drives Carnal's black-truffle beef sticks and umami-cut jerky — fine-dining craft in a format that fits your pocket.

  • Chef James Zamory in a Carnal apron in a restaurant kitchen

    Eleven Madison Park
    Roberta's
    The NoMad

  • Chef Aaron Saurer in a Carnal apron in a restaurant kitchen

    The NoMad
    Eleven Madison Park
    Betony

  • Chef Sean McDermott in a Carnal apron in a restaurant kitchen

    The NoMad
    Eleven Madison Park
    Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare

  • Carnal timeline 2009-2019: upscale restaurant dining room

    2009-2019

    30 years combined cooking in Michelin-starred restaurants

  • Carnal timeline 2017-2019: chef plating beef at a Smorgasburg market stand

    2017-2019

    Carnal birthed at Smorgasburg

  • Carnal timeline 2020: three Carnal founders in aprons outside the Bellingham storefront

    2020

    Carnal Restaurant opens in Bellingham, WA

  • Carnal timeline 2025: beef sticks on a plate by a fire

    2025

    Carnal Beef Sticks are officially launched