On the road: INI Ristorante in Cali: We give it two thumbs up LEARNING FROM OTHERS: INNOVATION, INSIGHT, AND IDEAS FROM INDUSTRY LEADERS We are excited to share the fifth video installment from the partnership between Nation’s Restaurant News , and Ventura Foods - The MenuMasters Spotlight Series. The NxtGen Network team had the honor of playing a small part in the telling of this story and it’s a privilege to share the end product with our community.
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Chef Viet Nguyen is a man of great ambition, and the food we were able to experience at INI Ristorante was a perfect example of blending talent and cultures together. The restaurant is a self-proclaimed “A Japanese-Italian Interpretation”- and it didn’t disappoint. He and his team created a recipe, spicy miso carbonara, that is a perfect example of this interpretation. Be sure to catch that recipe build video HERE . Read below to learn more about what you will hear in the video above. Sometimes the path to the American Dream winds in directions you could never expect. From journeying to the US alone at 16 to study, to hitting entrepreneurial roadblocks in the tech and entertainment, to a thriving restaurant group of nine outlets and five more imminent, Chef Viet Nguyen believes his triumphs could not have happened anywhere else. Chef and co- CEO of Kei Concepts in Orange County, California with his wife Ivy, Nguyen has built a business based on delivering unique
fusion cuisine to his community. Whether it is seamlessly melding Japanese and Italian foodways, or creating restaurants that shift concept from morning to night, Chef Nguyen has the recipe for success. | credit: MenuMasters YouTube description Thank you to Nation’s Restaurant News and Ventura Foods for creating this opportunity for us to share insights from the commercial restaurant industry to our educational foodservice community. Stay tuned for more on this series as they continue to release conversations with chefs from around the country.
Melissa Mayer | Served Digizine
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