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EP-351 | Fled Iran’s Revolution & Built a Bakery Empire in India | L’Opéra Founders
Kazem Samandari is the Executive Chairperson and Co-Founder of L'Opéra, one of India’s most prominent French bakery operations. Christine Samandari-Hakim, his wife and co-founder, played a key role in developing the bakery’s concept and brand identity.
In this edition of the ANI Podcast with Smita Prakash, Kazem and Christine Samandari share their experiences as Baha’is in pre-revolutionary Iran, and the challenges their families faced during the Islamic Revolution.
They also talk about how their son’s love for French pastries inspired L’Opéra, following a year of preparation. The couple…
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