Sarma Melngailis is an American chef, cookbook author, and businesswoman. Sarma Melngailis was the owner and co-founder of Pure Food and Wine and One Lucky Duck, both vegan raw food restaurants in New York City
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Early life and Childhood
Sarma Melngailis was born on September 10, 1972, and is now 49 years old.
Miss Sarma is a beautiful woman who was born in Riga, Latvia, in north-eastern Europe.
She is 49 years old. Later, though, her family moved to Newton, Massachusetts, where she grew up.
Susan and John had a child named Sarma.
Her mother was also a professional chef, so she went into the food business.
John, her father, used to work at MIT as a physicist (Massachusetts Institute of Technology.).
In the Netflix show, her parents and her sister Ilze are shown.
In the show, it is shown that Sarma’s parents got a divorce when she was only 9 years old.
However, John and Susan later got back together and got remarried.
But while Sarma Melngaili’s parents were getting a divorce.
her father John started dating a woman named Michaele Weissman and in 1981.
Her mother married a man named Bob Jasse.
Sarma’s mother, Susan, started a business called Alyson’s Orchard, which was a 450-acre apple orchard.
She did this when she moved in with Sarma’s father, Bob Jasse.
Education Details
Sarma Melngailis lived in Newton, she went to Newton North High School first.
Professional Career
Melngailis wrote on her personal website.
Netflix’s newest documentary series, Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.
About how much money she made by telling Netflix her real-life story.
But she didn’t pay her employees’ salaries and stole investors’ money.
In 2015, Sarma and Anthony Strangis tried to run away.
From the latest source of the Netflix documentary series Bad Vegan: Fame, Fraud, and Fugitives.
Susan and Bob started the business together, and when Bob Jasse died in 2002.
Susan took over the business.
This company that Sarma’s mother started is still going strong.
And is known as one of the best in New England.
After years of running her restaurant and store.
Sarma still couldn’t pay her staff’s salaries in January 2015. Her whole staff leaves.
In February 2015, she said that her restaurant and takeout shop would be closing.
And she said she was sorry about it. She told them that she couldn’t pay the wages.
Because the profit margins were so low and the cost of the ingredients was so high.
Later in April 2015, she reopened her restaurant and store.
But even though Sarma asked a lot of her staff to come.
Most of them didn’t. But in July 2015, Sarma’s remaining employees stopped working for her because she still couldn’t pay them.
As a result, she shut down her business for good. But government officials caught them.
She used to own the restaurant Pure Good and Wine and helped start it with another person.
She also helped start the company One Luck Duck.
One Luck Duck is the shop she used to own in New York.
Vegan food is sold at both her restaurant and her shop.
She started her brand and restaurant to promote vegan raw food in New York City.
But, unfortunately, her business didn’t do well, and in 2015, her restaurant closed.
She shut down the restaurant because she couldn’t pay the staff’s wages.
Melngailis first opened a Commissary with Mr. Matthew Kenney in 2001.
This was after she got her food certification from the French Culinary Institute.
Matthew cooks and writes. Her Commissary didn’t last long, and in 2003, it was shut down.
Then, Sarma got in touch with China Grill Management, which is run by Jeffrey Chodorow.
Miss Sarma opened the Pure Food and Wine Restaurant in New York City in June 2004.
It was the first place in all of New York to serve raw food.
New York Magazine had given her restaurant two awards before.
Forbes also put it on their list of the Top 100 Restaurants.
It stayed on the “All-Star New York Eateries” list from Forbes for almost 5 years.
Then, in 2005, she and Matthew Kenney opened a take-out store called One Luck Duck Juice.
Her store used to get snacks from Pure Food and Wine that were already packed.
It also sells books, supplements, and skin care products, among other things.
Sarma says that she was paid for being in the documentary series.
Sarma said that all of the good people who had worked for.
In the past were upset and angry that they didn’t get paid.
She hasn’t made any extra money from the people who make the Netflix shows.
As she only got paid enough to cover the debt she owed to her former employees.
Net Worth and Salary
Sarma Melngailis’s been living with a debt of $2 million USD.
More Facts of Sarma Melngailis
Full Real Name | Sarma Melngailis |
Nickname | Sarma |
Popular for | Sharing her Story for Netflix Documentary Series |
Language | English |
School Name | Newton North High School. |
Alma Mater | 1. University of Pennsylvania 2. Wharton School. 3. College of Arts and Science French Culinary Institute |
Education | 1. B.S majoring in Economics 2. B.A. in Economics |
Profession | Businesswoman |
Zodiac Sign | Virgo |
Nationality | American |
Ethnicity | European |
Net worth | Not Known |
Age (as of 2022) | 49 years old. |
Date of Birth | September 10, 1972 (Sunday) |
Place of Birth | Riga, Latvia |
Current Residence | NY |
Nationality | American |
Religion | Christianity |
Ethnicity | European |
Sister | Iltz Melngailis |
Brother | None |
Mother | Mrs. Susan |
Father | Mr. John |
Spouse | Anthony Strangis |
Zodiac Sign | Virgo |
Birthday | September 10, 1972 (Sunday) |
Age | 49 years |
Relationship Status
Sarma Melngailis ran a business with her then-husband, Anthony Strangis.
Sarma and her then-husband Anthony Strangis (Shane Fox) had been arrested in Sevierville, Tennessee.
Later, the court said that Sarma had stolen more than $2 million USD from investors and committed fraud.
When Sarma and Matthey Kenney started their business together.
Sarma was having an affair with her.
Even though she worked with him, she married Anthony Strangis the next year.
In the documentary series, it was shown that Sarma introduced Anthony to her mother, Susan.
It has also been shown that Susan and Anthony stayed in touch by email.
And that Anthony kept asking Susan for money.
Anthony told Susan that he needs money to be able to help her.
But when Susan went to jail, she got a divorce from Anthony and is now living alone.
Marital Status | Separated |
Ex-Husband Name | Anthony Strangis |
Husband Name | Anthony Strangis |
Children | Son- None Daughter– None |
Boyfriend Name | 1. Anthony Strangis 2. Matthey Kenney |
Relationship Status | Separated |
Body Measurement
Shoe Size | 6 US (5 UK) |
Tattoos | Yes |
Body Measurements | Breast-34, Waist-26, Bust-34 |
Distinctive Features | Sharp Eyes |
Eye Color | Brown |
Hair Length | Long |
Hair Color | Light Brown |
Height (approx.) | In Feet Inches: 5′ 5″ In Meters: 1.65 m In Centimetres: 165 cm |
Plastic Surgery | No |
Piercing | No |
Weight (approx.) | In Kilograms: 50 kg In Pounds: 110 lbs. |
Social Media Status
Wikipedia | Click Here |
@sarma | |
@sarma | |
Youtube | Not Found |
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Home Page | Click Here |
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Trivia
- Sarma closed the restaurant because she was unable to pay wages to her staff.
- Melngailis has now paid all the debts of her staff by raising an income from the latest Netflix release Bad Vegan: Fame.
- Sarma has claimed that she has been paid for her participation in the document series.
- Her a four-month jailed and she remained at NYC’s Rikers Island jail.
- Susan was sent to jail she signed a divorce against Anthony and now living her life single.