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Teen entrepreneur opens chicken wing place in Missouri City

Missouri City is now home to Sienna Wings, a chicken wing restaurant owned and operated by Shark Tank-winning teen entrepreneur Tyla-Simone Crayton.

"Sauce Boss" Tyla-Simone is the CEO of Sienna Sauce, a six-figure business enterprise.

Sienna Sauce is sold at H-E-B, Target, Wegman's and other national stores, but opening a restaurant is a "full-circle moment for me," Tyla-Simone told the Chronicle.

The first "Sienna Wings" operated out of Tyla-Simone's home in Missouri City in 2017.

Two years back, I had the privilege of interviewing this exceptional young woman. Our conversation revolved around the trip to Los Angeles (10 days, three Covid tests) where Tyla-Simone and her mother appeared on season 12 of Shark Tank. Tyla-Simone secured a 100K investment with designer Kendra Scott.

What impressed me most about Tyla-Simone was her eagerness to share her experiences and expertise with other young people.

"I've been speaking a lot to the community and just letting them know that entrepreneurship is an option," she told me. "Because I know as a Black woman growing up, a lot of times, they set the bar lower for us, which makes no sense because we are some of the most driven and invincible people out there."

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Juhi Varma, Fort Bend reporter

juhi.varma@houstonchronicle.com

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