Ep. 1314 Alex Zeleniuch | The Next Generation

Welcome to episode 1314, in which host Victoria Cece interviews Alex Zeleniuch this week on The Next Generation. The Next Generation where Victoria Cece interviews young Italian wine people shaking up the wine scene. More about today’s guest: Alex is a passionate food professional with a strong background in food and beverage, business operations as well as tech. He graduated at the top of his class at NYU in the Global Liberal Studies Program and then worked as consultant for Capgemini in both New York and San Francisco. Following this experience, he career-changed and pursued his passion for food enrolling in Le Grand Diplôme, an intensive full-time cuisine and pastry culinary program at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. Upon graduation, he went on to work at Michelin 2-star ** restaurant Sur Mesure Par Thierry Marx which is located in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Paris. After this experience, he returned to the United States to become the National Protein Category Manager at Home Chef in Chicago, the nation's second largest meal kit company. From there, he co-founded an online specialty marketplace for Chefs called Orderve, which leveraged technology to make it easier for Chefs to find and order unique ingredients for their café, bar or restaurant. In July of 2020, Alex moved to Florence, Italy to join Italy’s preeminent third wave, specialty coffee company, Ditta Artigianale as Chief Operating Officer. To learn more visit: Website: https://www.dittaartigianale.it/ Linkedin: Facebook: Instagram: @monsieurabz More about the host: Victoria Cece is a food and beverage storyteller whose curiosity is somewhere deep in a bowl of pasta or a bottle of wine. A fool for history, you can find her reading up about ancient grape varietals or wandering around a little Italian town eating everything in sight, under her alias Slutti Spaghetti. To learn more visit: Instagram: @sluttispaghetti Twitter: @sluttispaghetti LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-cece/ Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram @italianwinepodcast Facebook @ItalianWinePodcast Twitter @itawinepodcast Tiktok @MammaJumboShrimp LinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcast If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/ Until next time, Cin Cin!