How This Chef Paved Her Own Untraditional Path To Restaurant Ownership
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Samantha Fore talks about her identity as both a Sri Lankan and a Southerner, and how we can we make the culinary industry more accessible to women of color.
Samantha Fore is the owner/chef at Tuk Tuk, a Sri Lankan pop-up and restaurant in Lexington, Kentucky. With no background in the culinary industry, Fore carved her own path, starting as a website designer for high-end restaurants. She learned her way around food by tasting and observing, and was invited to cook at esteemed kitchens around the country. Endorsements from Padma Lakshmi of “Top Chef,” daytime cooking segments and magazines led her to establish herself as a chef supporting more diversity and equality in the restaurant industry.
In this edition of Voices in Food, Fore talks about some of the challenges she faced as an immigrant, female, brown and inexperienced chef who took a less traditional approach to entering the industry.
