We sat down with him. Branch out to his chicago makes him nervous. Spike mendelsohn, welcome. Washingtgton claims you, b you are not a native here. Tommy where you grew up. Tell me where you grew up. I grew up in montreal. A big greek family. In all sorts of facets of the Restaurant Industry in montreal. We moved to spain when i was 13, 14 years old. It was an amazing exposition, the worlds fair one of the most successful ones they had for a long time. We had six different venues in the fair. It was an amazing experience. We were there for about three years off and on. Instead of moving back to montreal, i moved to where my grandmother was living, florida, and that is how i got my start in the united states. Did they come looking for you for the competition, w did it work . Fan sister had been a my sister had been a n. She had been watching project runway, and she said there was this new reality show. I watched the first season. There was a lot of drama. I said i could do that, and i a
Opposite approac Richard Sandoval now stands at the top of the restaurant world. After his s firsrestaurant got rave reviews, stead of opening another one just like it, he deliberately tried something different. New food and fresh atmosphere. Nothat the 40something ef hahas opened 40 restaurants in 25 years, i wanted to know the secret ingredients in his recipe for success. Chef Richard Sandoval, welcome to washington business report. I hesitate what to call you because you are a chef, but you have now become an empire. We are sitting at mango tree at city center. Tick off how large a presence is in the Washington Area and nationwide. Iwashington, we have seven restaurants. When i came to d. C. , herb miller brought me here 10 years ago. Built one after another. Today the city we have the most restaurants in is d. C. Around the world, we have 40 restaurants pay we are in 12 countries. Dubai buy, tokyo, hong kong, mexico and most in the u. S. Your father was a restauranteur. Do you thin
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