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…