{"id":2014,"date":"2026-03-10T11:17:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/restroworks.com\/restrocast\/?page_id=2014"},"modified":"2026-03-10T11:17:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:17:51","slug":"chef-khaled-albaker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/restroworks.com\/restrocast\/chef-khaled-albaker\/","title":{"rendered":"How Chef Khaled Albaker Built Ventri Group in Kuwait"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” admin_label=”Hero Section” _builder_version=”4.14.8″ background_image=”https:\/\/restroworks.com\/restrocast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/law-firm-27.jpg” parallax=”on” custom_margin=”-100px||-32px||false|false” custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=”episode #65″ subhead=”How Chef Khaled Albaker Built Brands by Learning Every Layer of the Business” button_one_text=” Listen to this episode now” button_one_url=”#audio” content_max_width=”900px” _builder_version=”4.14.8″ title_font=”Poppins|600||on|||||” title_font_size=”18px” title_letter_spacing=”4px” title_line_height=”1.8em” content_font=”||||||||” content_font_size=”18px” subhead_font=”recoleta-bold|700|||||||” subhead_font_size=”50px” subhead_line_height=”1.4em” background_color=”#8300E9″ background_color_gradient_start=”#090b9b” background_color_gradient_end=”rgba(166,0,237,0.72)” background_color_gradient_direction=”107deg” background_image=”https:\/\/restroworks.com\/restrocast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Chef-Khaled-Albaker-Banner.jpg” custom_button_one=”on” button_one_text_size=”14px” button_one_text_color=”#8300E9″ button_one_bg_color=”#FFFFFF” button_one_border_width=”12px” button_one_border_color=”#ffffff” button_one_border_radius=”9px” button_one_letter_spacing=”2px” button_one_font=”Poppins|600||on|||||” button_one_icon=”I||divi||400″ button_one_icon_color=”#8300E9″ button_one_icon_placement=”left” button_one_on_hover=”off” button_one_custom_margin=”|||0px|false|false” custom_button_two=”on” button_two_text_size=”14px” button_two_text_color=”#29cb8b” button_two_bg_color=”#ffffff” button_two_border_width=”12px” button_two_border_color=”#ffffff” button_two_letter_spacing=”2px” button_two_font=”Poppins|600||on|||||” button_two_icon=”$||divi||400″ custom_margin=”||38px|||” custom_padding=”230px||8vw||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”230px||18vw||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”50px||17vw||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” hover_enabled=”0″ content_font_size_last_edited=”off|desktop” subhead_font_size_tablet=”40px” subhead_font_size_phone=”30px” subhead_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” background_last_edited=”on|phone” background_image_tablet=”https:\/\/restroworks.com\/restrocast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Chef-Khaled-Albaker-Banner.jpg” background_image_phone=”https:\/\/restroworks.com\/restrocast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Chef-Khaled-Albaker-Banner-mobile.jpg” background_enable_image_tablet=”on” background_enable_image_phone=”on” button_one_letter_spacing_hover=”2px” button_two_letter_spacing_hover=”2px” global_colors_info=”{}” button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”on” button_one_letter_spacing__hover=”2px” button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”on” button_two_letter_spacing__hover=”2px” button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”Chef-Khaled-Albaker-Banner-mobile” sticky_enabled=”0″]

In this episode, Ashish Tulsian speaks with Chef Khaled Albaker about his journey from finance to food, building Ventri Group in Kuwait, and the discipline behind great restaurants. They discuss craft, credibility, dining vs delivery, visible leadership, adapting through COVID, and why cash flow, detail, and human hospitality still matter most in restaurant growth.<\/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=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/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=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/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=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]

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=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][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=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]

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Chef Khaled Albaker is a Kuwait-based chef and restaurateur, and co-founder of Ventri Group, the hospitality company behind concepts including Young Po, Roto, Ruby\u2019s, and Dragon Bun. A Johnson & Wales graduate with over a decade in F&B, he is known for building distinctive restaurant brands shaped by craft, operational discipline, and local market insight.<\/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=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][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=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]

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