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In this episode, Ashish Tulsian speaks with Samer Nasrallah, F&B Country Manager for Patchi Caf\u00e9 in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, on what it takes to grow in hospitality from the ground up. Samer shares lessons from running in-house delivery in Egypt before aggregators, launching Ladur\u00e9e during COVID with a central kitchen, and building a caf\u00e9 experience within a chocolate-led brand.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ABOUT THE HOST<\/span><\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”#29cb8b” divider_weight=”3px” _builder_version=”3.2″ max_width=”50px” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/restroworks.com\/restrocast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/THE-HOST-ASHISH-TULSIAN.png” title_text=”THE-HOST-ASHISH-TULSIAN” _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|||15px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]

Ashish is a serial entrepreneur and serves as the CEO & <\/span>Co- Founder of Restroworks.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>He is one of the entrepreneurs who has mastered the art of bootstrapping startups to scale. Ashish is a prolific angel investor and mentors budding entrepreneurs and startups in Silicon Valley and India.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|||15px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]

ABOUT THE GUEST<\/span><\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”#29cb8b” divider_weight=”3px” _builder_version=”3.2″ max_width=”50px” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/restroworks.com\/restrocast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/About-Samer-Nasrallah_1.png” alt=”David Bloom” title_text=”About Samer Nasrallah_1″ _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-20px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” min_height=”105.6px” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|15px||15px|false|true” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”0px|||||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]

Samer Nasrallah is a hospitality management graduate with nearly two decades of experience in food and beverage operations across Lebanon, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. He is currently the F&B Country Manager for Patchi, overseeing caf\u00e9 operations in KSA and Bahrain. He led the Ladur\u00e9e Paris Egypt startup project in January 2022 and has held senior roles including Operations Manager and COO across reputed firms.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.14.8″ width=”100%” max_width=”100%” custom_margin=”5%|||” custom_margin_tablet=”5%|||” custom_margin_phone=”18%||||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”0px|0px||0px|false|false” use_custom_width=”on” width_unit=”off” custom_width_percent=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.8″ text_font=”Raleway|800|||||||” text_font_size=”21vw” text_line_height=”0.8em” header_font=”||||||||” text_orientation=”right” background_layout=”dark” custom_margin=”-64px||-5.5vw|||” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”||-8vw|” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”bottom” animation_intensity_slide=”10%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%” text_font_size_tablet=”” text_font_size_phone=”” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]

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