Business partners
Nick Kokonas on founding Alinea Group with Grant Achatz
I met Grant at Trio restaurant in Evanston, Illinois. He was the executive chef after leaving The French Laundry. I became…
Joachim Boudens on founding Hertog Jan with chef Geert de Mangeleer
Geert and I met in 1999 when I started as a sommelier at the two-Michelin-starred Molentje restaurant in Zeebrugge, where…