Welcome. I'm Connor Beaten and this is The Man Talk Show, Training for Men and

Answers for Women. And joining me today is Gabe Kennedy, who is a co-founder of plant people. He is an award-winning

chef turned entrepreneur who grew up in Boulder, Colorado, where he developed an affinity for plant-based

nutrition, sustainability, and alternative wellness approaches from a very early age. He began his

career at the age of 14, working in local restaurants,

and his passion for health led him to graduate from the Culinary Institute of America and Cornell University.

A rising talent in the culinary world gave one ABC's primetime cooking competition series,

The Taste, was named visiting executive chef of Bon Appetit Magazine and reimagined

the Little Beat Restaurant as Director of Culinary and Innovation, which, by the way, Little Beat

Restaurant, if you are ever in New York, you should definitely go check out. Vienna and I have dined

there a few times and absolutely love it. It's an incredible, incredible food.

And they're not even paying me to say that. So they're getting some some free shoutouts right now.

This is like a trip advisor recommendation on the podcast. Anyway, Gabe and I dive into a few different

topics. So in the beginning of the show, you know, we talked a little bit about his background.

He had a really terrible accident and injury early on his life that caused him to have to

heal and source out different forms and different modalities of healing.

Luckily, his parents were both immersed in that space in acupuncture,

and nutrition, in health, I think, massage therapy.

And so he was really immersed in this space from a very, very early age.

And so the beginning of the podcast, we sort of talk about some of these

alternative healing modalities and why they're so important. And we very quickly get into the

topic of CBD. And honestly, I'm not even kidding you. Gabe is by far one of the most studied and intelligent people that I have come across

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