In this short profile video from Great Big Story, meet Ian Purkayastha, owner of Brooklyn-based truffle dealers Regalis Foods. The Truffle is one of the most expensive things you can eat. With a price of about $2500 per pound and a shelf life of about 7 days, truffle dealers have to move a ton of product to wealthy buyers in a very short time frame.
At first glance, 24-year-old Ian Purkayastha seems like any other entrepreneur: he's motivated, crafty, disciplined, and personable. But behind the facade of a clever businessman lies a youthful energy and a passion for selling some of the rarest food on the planet: truffles. Purkayastha sells all kinds of truffles to 90 percent of New York's fine dining restaurants and has been peddling the fungi out of his backpack to the likes of Eleven Madison Park, Le Bernadin, and other Michelin-starred restaurants for nine years now.
via Great Big Story
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