Chaffey Student Turns Business Lessons into Real-World Restaurant Success

When Jasleen Kaur signed up for business courses at Chaffey College in 2025, it wasn’t to pursue a venture years into the future. She needed help right away.

Kaur, 18, manages her family business Kohinoor Bites – an Indian fusion pizza restaurant in Rancho Cucamonga. The Indian national came to the US in 2023, graduated from Summit High School in 2025 and opened the business months later.

Her business professors – Thierry Brusselle and David Karp – have guided her with everything from market research to lease and escrow paperwork for the restaurant.

“All the teachers at Chaffey are really amazing,” she said. “The professors understand and feel my situation,” she said.

Kaur came to the US to assist her parents with their business ventures. She got to experience life as an American high school student, making friends, and taking on extracurricular activities. But eventually the time came to focus on her family’s vision.

Her father had already launched a trucking business in Fontana and sought to establish a restaurant as well.

“In trucking English isn’t really a big deal, but in a restaurant, it is critical with documents and communication,” she said. “He waited for my brother and I so we could handle the responsibility.”

She came to Chaffey because of its location and cost, but to also gain a better understanding of her business.

“In high school I was unsure about my major. I didn’t want to waste money going to a university without knowing what I wanted to do with my life,” she said.

Kaur took introductory courses in business and business law. Meanwhile, she and her brother worked on opening the restaurant. When she received the escrow paperwork, she brought it to Brusselle to review.

“She's come to the office a few times to ask me for advice about the business and the contracts especially with the lease that she took over from another business that went bankrupt,” Brusselle said. “Dave Karp and I went to the restaurant, and it was very impressive to see what she had accomplished.”

Kaur handles day-to-day operations in the business, including customer service and paperwork, while her mother works in the kitchen and another employee assists with customers. When the restaurant is slow, Kaur does homework in the back.

Kaur hasn’t decided whether she wants to pursue business as a major but hopes to narrow down her interests while at Chaffey and then transfer to a four-year university.

“I think it’s such a great story about our international students following the American dream and the role that Chaffey plays – improving lives through education in turbo mode for Jasleen,” Brusselle said.