Service Ready

Molly Irani, visionary cofounder of the James Beard Award–winning Indian restaurant Chai Pani, shares her journey of how she and her husband turned their passion for next-level food and hospitality into a thriving business that puts people first. Growing up with parents who owned a restaurant, Molly Irani understood the power of community but also had a keen understanding of the industry’s challenges. When her husband Meherwan—a fortysomething former car salesman with no prior culinary training—