Naples chef who beat Bobby Flay embraces White House visit

Asif Syed calls the White House visit "an extraordinary privilege."

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 9:38 a.m. May 4, 2022
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Naples chef Asif Syed, the owner of contemporary Indian cuisine restaurant 21 Spices, had the day of a lifetime May 2 — marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr, at the White House.

The White House, according to a statement, “invited some of the most influential Muslims from around the country” for the Eid al-Fitr event.

 

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