I have an exciting announcement that I can’t wait any longer to tell you… or maybe I should say “KuWAIT any longer to tell you!” I have left the United States for an indefinite period of time in order to pursue my culinary dreams in the Middle East! I have accepted the position of Guest Relations Manager at Figs, a restaurant by Todd English, in Kuwait. The restaurant originated in Massachusetts, but English is bringing branches to new locations. This will be Kuwait’s second Figs and I have the exciting chance to be involved with it from its inception.
In one of my favorite movies of all times, Sleepless in Seattle, Tom Hank’s friend turns to him and asks, “What do you call it when everything just intersects?” Tom Hanks shrugs and replies, “The Bermuda Triangle.” This brief back-and-forth pretty much embodies the past month of my life when a series of improbable events seemed to come together to. A chance meeting with Chef Todd English at the Mohegan Sun WineFest set the chain of events in motion. By February I had submitted my resume and one short month later I was signing the contract. My car is sold, my apartment is for rent, and my clothes are packed.