RestaurantNews.com: Q&A With Armando Perez, Director of Operations at Taziki’s Mediterranean Café

At just 33 years old, Armando Perez oversees 13 Taziki’s Mediterranean Café locations across Middle Tennessee, managing three restaurant-level supervisors and leading the brand’s largest market outside its headquarters. But less than a decade ago, he was a recent immigrant working his way up from the kitchen line – learning English, adjusting to a new culture and chasing the dream of stability he couldn’t find in his home country of Venezuela.

Now a U.S. citizen, husband and father, Perez has become a rising leader in one of the industry’s most people-focused restaurant brands. His story is one of perseverance, mentorship and purpose – and a reflection of the opportunity that restaurants provide to those willing to put in the work.

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