Challenges and Successes with Pop-ups and Catering

Michelle Politano is the Chef/Owner of PiANTA Vegan Restaurant in Providence, RI. Michelle began her career working in the travel industry and was laid off due to COVID in 2020. She then decided to develop her passion for cooking into a business. She opened PiANTA as a ghost kitchen and 10 months later, in 2021, she opened the brick and mortar in Providence.

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