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.

From Michelin Kitchens
to Your Pocket

From Michelin Kitchens to Your Pocket

After mastering flavor in Manhattan’s elite Michelin kitchens, Chefs James, Aaron, and Sean relocated to Bellingham to launch the acclaimed Carnal restaurant and Estelle by Carnal — named one of Esquire’s “50 Best New Restaurants”

Now they’ve distilled that same technical precision into pocket-sized perfection.

  • Eleven Madison Park
    Roberta's
    The NoMad

  • The NoMad
    Eleven Madison Park
    Betony

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

Carnal Evolution

Carnal Evolution

From Michelin-starred kitchens to the creation of our gourmet beef sticks

  • 2009-2019

    30 years combined cooking in Michelin-starred restaurants

  • 2017-2019

    Carnal birthed at Smorgasburg

  • 2020

    Carnal Restaurant opens in Bellingham, WA

  • 2025

    Carnal Beef Sticks are officially launched