81. Cut Fruit as a Love Language & Being the Only POC in the Boardroom ft. Thanh Truong aka Fruit Nerd
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From cut fruit as a love language in Asian households to being the only POC in the Coles boardroom, this was such fruitful convo that is guaranteed to leave you feeling so good! Thanh is a produce expert, wholesale fruiterer & absolute legend in the fruit & veg media scene. We're SO excited to share with ya'll this upbeat episode!
In this episode we discuss:
- Gifting fruit in Asian culture
- Why durian is KING
- Changing the narrative of negative connotations with Asian food
- Importance of POC heroes in media
- Lunar New Year x Coles x Bok Choy??
- Being President of ASEAN
- Cut fruit as a love language
- Orange peel theory
- Growing up in a fruit shop
- and so much more!
đď¸Hosted by: â â â Tiana Nguyenâ â Special guests: Thanh Truong
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