Ivan Orkin is the founder of Ivan Ramen, a restaurant that serves diner-style Japanese food.
Orkin is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and has spent years learning about Japanese cooking. He was born in Syosset, New York, and moved to Japan in the 1980s to teach English.
In 1990, he returned to the United States with his Japanese wife, Tami, and attended the Culinary Institute of America from 1991 to 1993.