Crafting The Future of Food With Matthew Kenney

The Rich Roll Podcast

Rich Roll

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2016

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

He's written twelve cookbooks. He's opened dozens of restaurants. And he's teaching a new generation of culinary talent across the globe. But Matthew Kenney isn't just another celebrity chef. Matthew Kenney is crafting the future of food. Beyond the kitchen, Matthew is a public speaker, educator, and entrepreneur specializing in plant-based food. He has authored 12 cookbooks and is the founder of Matthew Kenney Cuisine, an integrated lifestyle company as well as the Matthew Kenney Culinary Academy, a series of state-of-the-art education centers offering vegan culinary courses both online and in person that emphasize the use of whole, organic, unprocessed, plant-based foods to achieve healthy, aesthetically refined and flavorful cuisine. Over the years, Matthew has launched a panoply of eating establishments ranging from the hautest of haute cuisine to take-out casual — everything from Santa Monica's M.A.K.E. and New York's Pure Food & Wine (both now closed), to Plant Food & Wine in both Venice and Miami,Make Out in Culver City, California and the recently opened and utterly amazing 00 + Co. plant-based pizzeria in New York City's East Village. When in Belfast, Maine visit The Gothic.Plant Café is coming to Bahrain this fall and Matthew has something brewing for summer in Montecito, California. It's one thing to cook great food. It's another thing to cook great plant-based food. But it's astonishing to please the masses with incredibly delicious and nutritious plant-based meals without cooking anything at all. However, what most impresses me most about Matthew is not his culinary talent. It's his commitment to changing the cultural conversation around food. And in turn, change the world. Today I sit down with Matthew in the wine room behind Plant Food & Wine Venice to get to the bottom of everything except the wine (don't worry I didn't drink any). Specific topics explored include: * misconceptions of the raw food lifestyle * the benefits of the raw food lifestyle * Matthew's journey to embracing the raw food lifestyle * what Matthew learned working in NYC's best kitchens * the challenge of preparing raw cuisine for modern clientele * the practicality of eating raw; and * how to increase plant-based awareness through better education But at its core, this is a conversation about the future of food — and the incredible influence a high profile chef has on forging public opinion and taste when it comes to cuisine, culture and health. I sincerely hope you enjoy the exchange. Peace + Plants, Rich

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0:00.0	For me, it's always been about the chefs. It's another reason I open to school.
0:04.6	And I'm doing everything possible and a lot of people in my circle doing anything possible.
0:10.0	To make sure that chefs really see themselves as responsible for delivering not just taste, but health.
0:18.0	And I think chefs can be drug dealers, but some of the food they're putting out there is worse than drugs, or they can be healers.
0:26.0	That's Matthew Kenny, and this is the Rich Roll Podcast.
0:40.0	The Rich Roll Podcast.
0:42.0	Hey, what do you guys know what's going on? What is happening? It's Rich Roll here. I am your host.
0:46.0	Welcome to the Rich Roll Podcast. The show where each week I sit down with a thought leader, paradigm breaking minds and personalities across.
0:54.0	All categories of health, wellness, diet, nutrition, fitness, entrepreneurship, creativity, spirituality, meditation, mindfulness, you get the picture.
1:03.0	And I do this with one goal in mind to help all of us unlock and unleash our best, most authentic self.
1:11.0	So, sorry, I got a little bit of a sniffle here. I appreciate everybody tuning in today.
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1:53.0	I just got back from New York City late last night. As you could tell from my sniffle, I'm not 100% today. I'm a little bit fatigued. I didn't get in until I got, well, New York time, it was like 3 a.m.
2:05.0	But had an incredible five days there, unbelievably productive. I gave two talks. I did a panel at NYU, which was amazing.
2:15.0	And then I gave a sort of keynote presentation at Deloitte, at 30 Rock in Manhattan, which was really fun and super amazing.
2:23.0	I did three podcast interviews. I did a ton of meetings. And I just get so energized from New York City. It's just go, go, go. I go from one thing to the next.
2:32.0	And I sort of, people say, doesn't that drain you? Don't you feel exhausted? But I actually get energy from it. But perhaps maybe I overdid it a little bit because I do feel a little bit of a cold coming on, which is not great.
2:49.0	In any event, I am at the same time spiritually and emotionally and mentally rejuvenated and glad to be back with you guys today with another amazing guest. I got Matthew Kenney on the show. He is a celebrity chef, a restaurant tour, an author, a public speaker, an entrepreneur.
3:08.0	And a guy who basically specializes in everything, plant-based cuisine. I got a few more things I want to say about Matthew in a second, but first.
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