Sarma Melngailis

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sarma Melngailis
Occupation	Restaurateur
Date Of Birth	Sep 10, 1972(1972-09-10)
Age	52
Birthplace	New York City
Country	United States
Horoscope	Virgo

Sarma Melngailis Biography

Sarma Melngailis is one of the most popular and richest Restaurateur who was born on September 10, 1972 in New York City, United States. Sarma Melngailis (born on September 10 1973) was the co-owner and co-founder Pure Food and Wine, an eatery that serves raw food located in New York City, and the CEO and founder of One Lucky Duck. Both restaurants closed in 2015 following staff members walking out against unpaid wages. Melngailis was charged with fraud in the year 2016 and later convicted in the year 2017.

in 2014, One Lucky Drink and Takeaway’s first store located outside New York City opened in San Antonio, Texas.

In April 2015, Pure Food and Wine, One Lucky Duck, and OneLuckyDuck.com reopened. A majority of staff did not return to the restaurant after its reopening.

On February 8, 2015, Melngailis addressed the walkout and closure in a blog post. She apologized for the incident, but her blog post was subsequently removed. In an interview with Well+Good, Melngalis said that the delayed wages were due to slim margins caused by debts and expensive ingredients, and that she had also previously missed her own rent payments. During the ordeal, Melingailis provided employees a different explanation, blaming the situation on changing banks.

One Lucky Duck juice and Takeaway is the brand name given to the takeaway retail store located inside Restaurant Pure Food and Wine. OneLuckyDuck.com was established in 2005 it is an online shop of snacks that she prepares and packages at her restaurant, and also products for skincare, ingredients clothing, books and household products connected to organic and raw living. Another One Lucky Duck location was located at New York’s Chelsea Market from December 2009 until January 2015.

Sarma Melngailis Net Worth

Sarma Melngailis is one of the richest Restaurateur from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sarma Melngailis 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Melngailis has graduated from Melngailis’s University of Pennsylvania in 1994 with the degree of a B.A. in Economics and an B.S. on Economics in Economics from Wharton School. She relocated into New York City, working at Bear Stearns until 1996, after which she moved into Bain Capital in Boston on private equity investments. After that, she returned home to New York City in 1998 and joined a high yield investment fund in CIBC however, she soon quit to attend the New York’s French Culinary Institute from which she graduated in 1999.

Along with her then-boyfriend chef as well as author and the speaker Matthew Kenney, she opened Commissary in 2001. However, it was shut down in March

2003. Following that, she was a consultant for Jeffrey Chodorow’s China Grill Management. Together with Chodorow along with Kenney, Melngailis opened Pure Food and Wine in June 2004 in the first New York City upscale Raw Food restaurant. It is located in the Manhattan’s Gramercy Park neighborhood, the restaurant was featured as a two-time participant on New York Magazine’s “Top 100 Restaurants” and five times for five years in Forbes Magazine’s listing of “All Star New York Eateries.”

Again in July 2015, the staff of Pure Food and Wine as well as One Lucky Duck walked out due to unpaid wages. The restaurant has been permanently shut down.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Sarma Melngailis Dating?

According to our records, Sarma Melngailis is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Sarma Melngailis’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Sarma Ranked on the list of most popular Restaurateur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Sarma Melngailis celebrates birthday on September 10 of every year.

What does Sarma Melngailis do for a living now?

According to her Instagram (opens in new tab), Sarma spends a lot of her time reading and hanging out with her dog Leon at her NYC home. She also seems to be working projects where she can continue to tell her story, judging by a post where she was recording a podcast (opens in new tab) three weeks ago.

Where is Sarma Melngailis now?

Where does Sarma Melngailis live? According to The New York Post, Melngailis currently resides in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood with her rescue dog, Leon.

Is Sarma Melngailis still married?

Is Sarma still married? Melngailis and Strangis are not together. She filed for divorce in May 2018 after being released from prison—but according to police, their problems started before they were apprehended. “She’s not fond of him.

Who is Sarma Melngailis husband?

Sarma Melngailis
Spouse(s)| Anthony Strangis ​ ​ ( m. 2012; div. 2018)​
Culinary career
Cooking style| Vegan, Raw foodism

Are Sarma and Anthony still together?

She and Strangis both served time in prison after pleading guilty to charges of theft and fraud, and they divorced in May 2018. But in spite of all that, the show suggests in its final moments that the two are still in contact.