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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Ming Tsai: Emmy Award Winning Chef | #ThePlaybook 56

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Ming Tsai, Emmy-winning chef, sits down with David Meltzer to share his thoughts on building the skills to be a successful restaurateur and chef, how his squash career impacted his life, and the role that mentors have played in shaping him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Dave Melter here and I sat down with a good friend of mine the extraordinary

0:04.8

restaurateur Ming-Sai and Ming and I talked about my expertise in the

0:10.0

rationality of middle-aged men in his of the rationality of the power of

0:14.4

television and how the skill sets of the muscle memory have helped him practice as a

0:20.9

true chef and also using his engineering background and how that created an entrepreneurial venture for him within the kitchen equipment space.

0:30.0

Finally, I love the impact because I had such an impact with my mom, the impact of his own parents that are immigrants on his education and his career.

0:40.0

Stick around to hear all of that and more on The Playbook.

0:44.0

This is Entrepreneurs The Playbook, where each week I bring you some of the greatest athletes,

0:49.5

celebrities, and entrepreneurs to talk about their personal and professional

0:54.4

playbook to success and what made them champions on the field and in the board room.

0:59.8

I'm your host and CEO of Sports One Marketing David Melzer.

1:05.0

Hi, this is Dave Melzer, CEO of Sports One Marketing with entrepreneur The Playbook

1:11.0

and I have a very special unique guest today at the naming this podcast the spirit of excellence and when you find out why you're

1:25.1

really gonna enjoy it but I'm here with Ming sigh.

1:27.9

It's how to do. Hall of Fame chef.

1:29.6

Welcome to Blue Dragon. If you wonder why I look this way it's because of great chefs like this and

1:34.8

I'm gonna get to eat after this so if it's a fast podcast I know why. Well Ming for

1:39.7

those people that don't know who you are give me a little bit of background on where

1:45.8

you know I've read some of it but tell me what you do and where you come from.

1:49.8

So I'm first a chef right you're at Blue Dragon we're five years old here we did have

1:55.8

blue ginger for 20 years in Wellesley we actually just closed which I'm very proud of

2:00.4

we had a great 20 year run most restaurants close because they have to

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