Babak Bina didn’t just survive the restaurant industry. He bent an entire city around his vision. After landing in Boston as an immigrant, washing dishes to stay alive, he spent the next 30 years building concepts that defined the city’s dining scene. Babak talks about the moments operators never admit publicly: – The lowest point where he almost walked away – Flooding an entire dining room and owning the fallout – Reinventing concepts while everyone else plays it safe...
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Babak Bina didn’t just survive the restaurant industry. He bent an entire city around his vision. After landing in Boston as an immigrant, washing dishes to stay alive, he spent the next 30 years building concepts that defined the city’s dining scene. Babak talks about the moments operators never admit publicly: – The lowest point where he almost walked away – Flooding an entire dining room and owning the fallout – Reinventing concepts while everyone else plays it safe...
EP 58: Dr. Michael Cheng | The Future of Food and Hospitality
Restaurant Misfits
1 hour 36 minutes
10 months ago
EP 58: Dr. Michael Cheng | The Future of Food and Hospitality
Dr. Cheng isn’t just the Dean of FIU’s Chaplin School of Hospitality—he’s a major force behind SOBEWFF (South Beach Wine & Food Festival), one of the largest food festivals in the world, drawing over 120,000 attendees and raising more than $40 million for hospitality education just this year alone! That’s beyond impressive—it’s changing the landscape of hospitality and education forever! In this episode, Dr. Cheng shares exclusive insights on: ✔️ How SOBEWFF went from a small event to o...
Restaurant Misfits
Babak Bina didn’t just survive the restaurant industry. He bent an entire city around his vision. After landing in Boston as an immigrant, washing dishes to stay alive, he spent the next 30 years building concepts that defined the city’s dining scene. Babak talks about the moments operators never admit publicly: – The lowest point where he almost walked away – Flooding an entire dining room and owning the fallout – Reinventing concepts while everyone else plays it safe...
