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Short bio (50 words)

Norman "Kai" Lee is the founder of Savrli. A chef and producer with 20+ years across hospitality, ownership, and operations in Italy, Myanmar, Mexico, and the U.S., he founded Savrli in 2023 to build a network for the food and culture stories the industry deserves.

Long bio (200 words)

Norman "Kai" Lee is a chef, producer, and the founder of Savrli, the food and culture network launching July 1, 2026.

Lee spent over two decades in hospitality before moving into film and television, building, operating, and advising restaurants across Italy, Myanmar, Mexico, and the U.S. The work was hands-on: real ownership, real contracts, real consequences. He published "The Art of the Lease," a book on the single document that controls a restaurant's survival, and built Lease IQ to teach operators how leases actually work.

In 2023 he started Savrli to build what the food industry has never had: a real network. Savrli operates across three connected parts. Savrli Studios produces original shows from inside the work, not outside it. Savrli Network distributes them, alongside founding-creator channels, free on the web at launch and on Roku, Fire TV, and Apple TV through summer 2026. The Savrli App turns the storytelling into where to eat tonight.

Savrli is self-funded. No VCs. No board. Currently operating in nine countries, with productions in Brooklyn, Lima, Panama, Mexico City, Miami, Los Angeles, and Marrakech.