Robert Irvine: World-Class Chef and Philanthropist (ep. 780)
Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary
John O'Leary
4.9 • 672 Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Robert Irvine is a world-renowned chef, successful entrepreneur, and champion for our military and first responders. Perhaps most recognized from Food Network’s Dinner: Impossible and Restaurant: Impossible, Robert has helped transform over 300 failing restaurants, and more importantly, the lives of those behind them.
Today, Robert shares how a childhood marked by poverty and homelessness shaped his view of leadership and service. He explains how food became his way to connect, serve and heal and how one unforgettable moment with a child on set changed everything. From peeling potatoes on warships to building a life of purpose, Robert’s story is raw, real, and deeply inspiring.
My friends, you’ll leave this episode with practical wisdom on leadership, empathy, and the quiet power of showing up for others. It’s a reminder that no matter where you start, you can choose to lead with love, live with purpose, and make a difference... one meal, one moment, one life at a time.
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| 0:00.0 | You know that Keeley companies is all about fostering the world-class culture through their incredible cultural pillars. |
| 0:07.5 | Well, it was time to add a seventh cultural pillar, Kewley Green. |
| 0:12.5 | Guided by the mission to raise the sustainability standards by which they design, build, operate, and live. |
| 0:18.8 | Keeley Green is dedicated to using a holistic approach to leave a positive impact on our |
| 0:24.6 | environment, create a future that is sustainable for generations to come. |
| 0:29.4 | In the words of Rusty Keeley, we are just getting started. |
| 0:34.3 | You can learn more about that just getting started mentality and all the work they do |
| 0:38.7 | by visiting my friends at keely companies online at keelie companies.com. Welcome to the live-inspired |
| 0:48.7 | podcast with John O'Leary. John is the number one national bestselling author of the book On Fire. He's a world-class |
| 0:56.0 | inspirational speaker and he's the host of the Live-inspired podcast. John interviews extraordinary |
| 1:02.0 | individuals on their life story so that you can wake up from accidental living and more fully |
| 1:08.0 | live your life story. Here's your host, John O'Leary. |
| 1:14.5 | Hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast with John O'Leary. |
| 1:20.4 | Robert Irvine is today's guest, and if that is a name you're familiar with, I'm not surprised. |
| 1:25.9 | He is a world-renowned chef. He's a successful entrepreneur. |
| 1:29.5 | He's the champion that you may know who serves military and first responders. |
| 1:34.9 | Additionally, he's perhaps most recognized from Food Network's Dinner Impossible or Restaurant |
| 1:41.8 | Impossible, where he has helped transform hundreds of failing restaurants |
| 1:47.0 | and more importantly, hundreds and hundreds of lives behind those restaurants. |
| 1:53.1 | Today, Robert joins us to share how a childhood marked by poverty and homelessness |
| 1:58.7 | shaped his view of leadership and service. |
| 2:02.2 | He explains how food became his way to connect, serve and heal, and how one unforgettable moment |
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