Ewa and Jeromy Ko met while working at a Chinese restaurant in Cleveland, in the US state of Ohio. Ewa, who was 18 and waitressing, and Jeromy, a 20-year-old busboy, grew up in the food industry.
โMy father worked in restaurants, and Jeromyโs family owned a restaurant, so weโve been in the food space since we could hold a tray without falling over,โ says Ewa.
The couple, who recently celebrated their 10-year wedding anniversary, are still in the business of food today, but in a slightly different capacity โ one they could never have envisaged.
โWe feel so fortunate and never imagined that we would be here doing this as a career,โ says Ewa via Zoom from New York, where the couple is now based.
Ewa was working in merchandising when she started Nom Life as a blog in 2019, which became a full-time endeavour a year later when it gained traction during the Covid-19 pandemic. Jeromy juggles a job in IT as well as his role with Nom Life.