“Entrepreneur” is sometimes jocularly written as “entrée-preneur,” especially for someone in the restaurant business (such as an entrepreneur who sells entrées). “THE RESTAURANT DREAM Four-star advice for anyone who wants to become an ‘entree’preneur” was printed in Sylvia Porter’s Personal Finance in 1984. ” For the ambitious (restaurant—ed.) entree-preneur the sky’s the limit” was printed in the Honolulu (HI) Star-Bulletin on August 15, 1996.
 
“What do you call someone who runs a business selling dinners? An entréepreneur” was posted on Reddit—Punny on March 19, 2014. “I recently opened a restaurant. I guess you could call me an Entrée-preneur” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on May 3, 2019.
     
     
Google Books
Sylvia Porter’s Personal Finance
Volume 2, Issues 3-6  
1984
Pg. ?:
THE RESTAURANT DREAM Four-star advice for anyone who wants to become an “entree"preneur.
 
Google Books
I’m O.K…But You Have a Lot of Work to Do
By Pam Young and Peggy Jones
Vancouver, WA: Published by Permanent Press Washington for Sidetracked Home Executives
1988
Pg. 187:   
At noon, Danny (the “entree” preneur) was still chaised out with his morning paper.
   
15 August 1996, Honolulu (HI) Star-Bulletin,  “The Weekly Eater” by Nadine Kam, pg. B-1, col. 4:
RESTAURANTS have been built around rock ‘n’ roll (Hard Rock Cafe), movie stars (Planet Hollywood) and fashion (Fashion Cafe), but why settle for one theme, when for the ambitious entree-preneur the sky’s the limit.
 
Twitter
Jeff Moriarty
@jmoriarty
Replying to @havi
@havi If I developed a program to help people order their main course at dinner, could I be an “entreepreneur”?
10:10 PM - 6 Aug 2008
 
Twitter
Dan Kent
@thatdankent
Reality Show about chef opeing first restaurant: Entree-preneur
6:26 PM - 7 Apr 2011
   
Reddit—Punny
Posted by u/Nathan_Go_By_Nate March 19, 2014
What do you call someone who runs a business selling dinners?
An entréepreneur.
         
Twitter
Agent V(ittles)
@ItsMeAgentV
A chef starts his own small restaurant. He is an entréepreneur.
3:44 PM - 21 Dec 2012
 
Twitter
Happier than I Look
@stevgole
Shouldn’t a person who starts a restaurant with their own money be called an entree-preneur?
4:09 PM - 8 Jun 2015
 
Twitter
Stacey Borg
@DrCurlytek
I hope the first person who thought of serving a smaller meal before mains called themselves an entreepreneur.
7:42 PM - 18 Feb 2017
   
Twitter
Robert Livolsi
@rtlivolsi
Replying to @StruManchu
Whaddya call someone who starts a French restaurant?
Entreépreneur
7:59 PM - 29 Jun 2017
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/Bossmoss91 May 3, 2019
I recently opened a restaurant.
I guess you could call me an Entrée-preneur
COMMENTS
Scherezad
An entree in a restaurant is a main dish. And it sounds like the first part of entrepreneur. And someone who opens a business is an entrepreneur. It’s a pun on that.
     
Twitter
Ana Fabrega
@anafabregagood
“I’m an entréepreneur” 🤠 - restaurant owner that everyone thinks is annoying
2:27 PM - 4 May 2019
 
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Owner (APPLICANT) Kingsley Consulting, LLC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY DELAWARE 73 West McMillan Street Cincinnati OHIO 45219
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