Jean-Michel Offe had an amazing journey so far as a French chef going abroad: from North America, to the MIddle East and then Asia, in charge of teams of 100+ people, opening new Shangri-La hotels (30+ only in China!), publishing books and running the Gobi desert... But I see clearly that he feels most proud of his children, daughter Laura Offe and son Alexis Offe. Against the advice of Jean-Michel, both chose the hospitality industry because they saw the passion, drive and pride their father had for his profession. Their roads led back to each other so now in this team of 3 musketeers (and also with a wise mother in the background), they started the Meraki Hospitality Group in 2018 in Hong Kong with now a Uma Nota restaurant in Hong Kong and one in Paris and two Bedu's in Hong Kong. How are they operating together? Laura and Alexis grew up in Hong Kong mostly so how did they experience the European culture when they were there for their studies? Where did the idea for the amazing concept of Uma Nota came from? What were the hard times so far? And as a business coach for others, what are the main problems nowadays according to Jean-Michel? Learn from this family of achievers who are so generous in sharing their experience as entrepreneurs and notice how they have respect for each other's role and achievements in the team so enjoy listening to this episode! And if in Hong Kong or Paris, try the restaurants as well! As Laura is passionate about sustainability and the community, she is the driving force behind the cooperation the Meraki Hospitality Group has with Zero Foodprint Asia to adopt sustainable strategies and source from a local organic farm.

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