WORCESTER — An electric-powered food truck that serves Japanese souffle-style pancakes is coming to Worcester.

The food truck – or “doughcart” – is the property of Doughboyz, a breakfast catering startup founded by Justin Amevor, a 23-year-old master’s student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Amevor is working on getting the permits necessary to send his “doughcart” to Institute Road, near WPI’s campus, where he plans on serving the school community when he launches next spring. 

The Japanese souffle-style pancakes (aka “dough cakes”) Amevor will be selling from his food truck are served with fruit, eggs and sides, like sausages. 

Right now, Doughboyz is doing catering, serving small birthday parties and events at WPI, including the college’s “welcome back to Worcester block party,” that took place at the start of school this year. 

When Amevor rolls out his food truck, he plans on serving breakfast food to the WPI community, some of whom he observed are experiencing food insecurity. 

“The idea for a food truck came to me with having a social justice mission as well because in college I noticed a lot of food insecurity and people not having a lot of access to food,” said Amevor, who went to WPI as an undergraduate as well.

According to the company’s website, “Doughboyz will launch a subscription service that will guarantee breakfast meals for subscribers. Persons suffering from food insecurity will be eligible for priority access to this service.”

Doughboyz has partnered with different homeless shelters and food pantries to hold a “community breakfast series,” where the organization serves food to those experiencing food insecurity. Amevor plans on holding more “community breakfast series” once his food truck is fully operational.

In addition, Doughboyz is part of last year’s StartUp Worcester cohort. Sponsored by the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, StartUp Worcester is a business incubator initiative that provides a yearlong membership to the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, WorcLab, an incubator space for entrepreneurs and innovators, and the Venture Forum, a non-profit community for entrepreneurs at any stage. 

Amevor explained that Doughboyz started as a joke with his college roommates, who noticed his love for breakfast fare. 

“The business started as a joke with my roommates freshman year because I had a bunch of pancakes all the time,” said Amevor.