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One successful couple currently under this program is Louis and Mary Efi from Central Province, who manage and will soon own the newest fast food restaurant in Downtown Port Moresby; ‘Grab n Go’.

The NDBI’s Stret Pasin Stoa scheme retail business incubation program, launched by the Prime Minister in 2015, is aimed at developing retail franchises for married Papua New Guineans who will manage and eventually own the franchises.

And when it came to serving customers, Becker was equally over-the-top.

“I used to cook my steak and literally let it rest in butter when I was at (restaurant) Abe & Arthur’s,” says Becker.

 “It made the steak taste ridiculously delicious, but at what price? Clogging arteries.”

Today, the former contestant on US TV show Top Chef Masters runs the kitchens at the health-conscious Little Beet chain, which plans to open a new location in New York at the end of October.