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  • Entrepreneurialism
  • Episode 742
  • 25 Feb 2026
  • 29 min

Chez Carrie: How an American beat French bureaucracy to open a chic Paris bistro

  • The Entrepreneurs
  • Entrepreneurialism
  • Episode 742
  • 29 min

Michigan native Carrie Solomon talks about moving from the Midwest to Paris, her unconventional path into the French culinary scene and how returning to the kitchen led her to open a neighbourhood bistro while rebuilding her life after personal loss.

Host
  • Tom Edwards
Contributors
  • Jack Jewers
  • Laura Kramer

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