Panda Express is celebrating the grand opening with a ribbon cutting at 9 a.m Friday at 523 Harold Bentley Ave. The first 88 guests receive a free gift — a gift ...
“Our entire Panda team is grateful to serve the Fairbanks community by providing new jobs and supporting local organizations through fundraising opportunities,” KC Trance, Panda Express area coach of operations, announced in the news release. In order for guest orders to go toward the donation, guests must show an event flyer about the restaurant’s opening or verbally mention that the order is for the Boys and Girls Club of Fairbanks fundraising event. Additionally, the location will donate 50% of pre-tax event proceeds from opening day to the Boys and Girls Club of Fairbanks, according to a release from the company.
The executive director of culinary innovation offers four lessons learned as top toque at the Asian quick-service chain.
So he organized an offsite chef camp that he and his team will participate in this June. Wang has a strong commitment to his Chinese roots, and every Panda Express menu item can trace its story back to its origin to a region in China. Then it hits the menu chainwide. “Once an idea is ready, we preview it with guests at the lab location,” said Wang. It was located close to the headquarters of Panda Express in Rosemead, Calif., and “a number of quintessential Panda Express people were customers,” he said. [the Menu Feed podcast](https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/food/how-panda-express-jimmy-wang-spreads-chinese-culture-through-food) right before the start of Lunar New Year on Jan.