
Viet Nguyen
Founder of KEI Concepts and hospitality entrepreneur behind multiple Southern California restaurants; James Beard Award semi-finalist recognized for building a large-scale restaurant group and cultural projects like Qua in Little Saigon.
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Mar 18, 2026 • 36min
480 - Can You Scale Culture Without Losing Authenticity? - Viet Nguyen
Viet Nguyen, founder of KEI Concepts and James Beard Award semi-finalist who built a major Southern California restaurant group. He talks about launching Qua in Little Saigon and why Chinese cuisine matters to his roots. He describes the Qua culinary experiment, balancing data with daring menu moves, and the grind of scaling a hospitality business to a large, consistent group.


