From Software Engineer to Pasta Entrepreneur: How One Woman Makes $129K a Year Selling 'Gucci' Pasta

Fiona Afshar, a former software engineer, has turned her passion for cooking into a successful pasta business, earning $129,000 a year primarily from selling colorful pasta boxes out of her home kitchen in Malibu, California. Afshar started her Instagram account @cookingwithfiona to share instructional cooking videos, which gained a large following. She then began making and selling pasta, offering virtual pasta-making classes and collaborating with luxury fashion retailer Ssense. Despite her success, Afshar remains focused on connecting with people through food and has no plans to mass-produce her pasta or expand beyond her kitchen.