Restaurant Owners Uncorked - By Schedulefly

In this heartfelt episode of Restaurant Owners Uncorked, Wil sits down with Asheville-based caterer and soon-to-be café owner Svitlana Eadie, whose journey from a small Ukrainian village to launching Slava, her café bakery on Wall Street in downtown Asheville, is nothing short of inspiring. She shares how growing up on a self-sustaining farm shaped her love for food and community, how immigrating to the U.S. with no English and no money forced her to adapt and work tirelessly, and how years in kitchens, bakeries, and hospitality strengthened her passion for sharing culture through food. Through setbacks, delays, construction challenges, and the chaos of COVID wiping out her catering business, she kept pushing, relying on grit, planning, and what she calls “experience assets.” Supported by her family, including her mother and sister, who will help run the bakery, Svitlana is building not just a café but a gathering place meant to reconnect people, share stories, and restore the kind of close-knit community she