About this episode
Ann Vipamaneerut shares her journey of opening the Rice Factory restaurant and her experiences as an immigrant in the United States.
Ann Vipamaneerut is the owner of Rice Factory, a restaurant in Milltown, New Jersey featuring Thai foods. Her given name is Vilailuck Vipamaneerut, but all of the patrons and friends affectionately know her as Ann. Ann, who is 54 years old, has lived in the United States for over 27 years, and earned a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Saginaw Valley University in Michigan in 1996. After returning to Thailand, she came back to the United States in 2000 where she and her husband Paul worked as servers in a restaurant. On November 4th, 2014, they decided to start their own business and opened the Rice Factory. They have been serving customers with their unique dishes ever since.
People in this episode
Guest: Ann Vipamaneerut
Topics covered
- restaurant
- Thai food
- business
- entrepreneurship
- immigration
Keywords
- Rice Factory
- Milltown
- New Jersey
- Masters Degree
- Saginaw Valley University
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Rice Factory
Books & works: a Masters Degree in Business Administration
Places: Milltown, New Jersey, the United States, Michigan, Thailand
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