Talk:Daniel Shemtob

Conflict of interest disclosure

Hello. I am Delicata, and I am Daniel Shemtob, the subject of this draft. I am disclosing this conflict of interest in line with Wikipedia's guidelines on autobiographies and connected contributors. I am writing this draft at the suggestion of a reviewer who felt the available independent coverage was more about me personally than about my business The Lime Truck. I have tried to keep the article neutral, limit it to facts supported by independent, reliable sources, and avoid promotional language. I welcome any reviewer's feedback, edits, or rewrites, and will not make contested changes without first discussing them here. Delicata (talk) 17:28, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

Edit request: Add Early life and education section

Conflict of interest disclosure: I am the subject of this article. I have already disclosed this on the article talk page and am following Valereee's advice (per my user talk) to use edit requests rather than editing directly.

I'd like to propose adding the following "Early life and education" section, placed before the existing "Career" section. All facts are drawn from the independent sources cited.

Proposed text

Early life and education

Shemtob was born in 1988 and grew up in Newport Beach and Irvine, California, in the Turtle Rock Village neighborhood of Irvine. He has described his upbringing as an Iranian Jewish home where food was central, and has said one of his earliest cooking memories was making matzo pizza for his family at age six or seven.

He graduated from University High School in Irvine in 2006. Shemtob worked in restaurants from his teenage years, including bussing tables at Gina's Pizza, and did not attend culinary school. He co-founded The Lime Truck in 2010, the week before his twenty-first birthday.

Notes

• The birth year (1988) is supported by the OC Register piece, which describes Shemtob as 28 in August 2016, and is consistent with Irvine Standard's reporting that he was 23 when The Lime Truck won the Great Food Truck Race in 2011 and the Jewish Journal's "week before his 21st birthday" framing for the 2010 founding.
• If a reviewer prefers to omit "Turtle Rock Village" or the matzo pizza detail as too granular, I'm fine with either being trimmed.
• Happy to provide a fresh photo via Wikimedia Commons separately.

Thank you. Delicata (talk) 00:56, 28 April 2026 (UTC) Delicata (talk) 00:56, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Already done by Valereee. Thank you for disclosing your COI and using the edit request processes. Zzz plant (talk) 06:11, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

Edit request: Add infobox with portrait, and add Lime Truck photo

COI disclosure: I am the subject. Posting via edit request per Valereee's guidance.

I've uploaded two photos to Wikimedia Commons (both my own work, CC BY-SA 4.0) that I'd like to propose adding to the article:

1. Lead portrait for an infobox. Add an {{Infobox chef}} (or {{Infobox person}}) at the top of the article using File:Daniel Shemtob 2026 home.jpg as the lead image. Suggested infobox parameters:

• image = Daniel Shemtob 2026 home.jpg
• caption = Shemtob in 2026
• birth_date = 1988
• birth_place = (leave blank — birthplace not yet sourced to an independent reliable source)
• occupation = Chef, restaurateur, entrepreneur
• known_for = The Lime Truck; The Great Food Truck Race (2011, 2021); Snibbs

2. Photo of The Lime Truck for the Career section. Add File:Lime Truck Shoot With Daniel - By Lime.jpg near the existing mention of The Lime Truck in the Career section, with caption: The Lime Truck with Daniel Shemtob, photographed in 2025.

Both files are confirmed as own-work uploads under CC BY-SA 4.0 by my account (Delicata). If a reviewer prefers a different infobox template or would rather only place one of the two images, that's fine — I defer to editorial judgment.

Thank you. Delicata (talk) 01:17, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Already done by Valereee per above. Zzz plant (talk) 06:12, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

COI edit request: expand Snibbs section

COI disclosure: I am Daniel Shemtob, the subject of this article and a co-founder of Snibbs. I am submitting this as an edit request per WP:COI rather than editing the article directly.

Proposed change: Expand the existing "Snibbs" section with additional sourced details about the company's founding circumstances, product timeline, the Nancy Silverton collaboration, and wildfire-relief activities. Proposed replacement text for the Snibbs section:

Shemtob co-founded Snibbs, a footwear company that makes slip-resistant shoes intended for hospitality, healthcare, and other service-industry workers. The idea originated after Shemtob suffered a back injury from a fall in a restaurant kitchen, and he partnered with orthopedic surgeon Jason Snibbe and Haik Zadoyan to develop the product. The brand publicly launched its first shoe, the SpaceCloud, in April 2022. In April 2025, Snibbs released its first boot, the Pro, and in October 2025 it released "The Nancy," a clog co-designed with chef Nancy Silverton. Following the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, Snibbs partnered with apron-maker Hedley & Bennett on a relief collaboration, and, according to Entrepreneur, by late 2025 had donated more than 1,000 pairs of shoes to hospitality workers through a community giveback program.

Sources used: Footwear News (April 2022 and March 2025), Entrepreneur (November 2025), Sports Illustrated (April 2025), Eater (October 2025), Beverly Press (October 2025), and the Jewish Journal source already cited in the article. All independent, reliable secondary sources.

A note for the reviewing editor: where ref names in this request do not match the article's existing ref names, please feel free to rename to match the article's conventions. Happy to provide any additional clarification.

Thank you for considering this request. Delicata (talk) 04:17, 19 May 2026 (UTC)