Walk-Ins Welcome w/ Ivy Dai

Chef & food writer Ivy Dai talks to Viet Nguyen, a James Beard semifinalist for best chef in California. He shares his unusual origin story in coming to the United States, going national and plans to expand Kei Concepts beyond hospitality into consumer packaged goods and media.

Chef & food writer Ivy Dai interviews Sumter Pendergrast. The Orange County local used to work in fashion and decided to make a segue into coffee and add hand-crafted doughnuts. Him and his wife Chi-Lin's humble beginnings as a food truck in 2012 has now expanded to nine location in Southern California and the latest in Utah. He talks about how iconic imagery and partnering with Instagram was a ke...

Inaugural Episode - Chef & Food Writer Ivy Dai interviews Wing Lam, an Orange County icon that opened the first Wahoo's location in 1988 in Costa Mesa, California. Almost 40 years later there are nearly 50 locations worldwide from Texas to Hawaii to Japan. He talks about his interesting choice of footwear, his early days trading tacos for merch, and his philosophy for working with people that have...