CELEBRITY CHEF MATTHEW KENNEY discusses his 10 new 'vegan' restaurants, global success in face of pandemic. Award-winning Kenney has 40+ outlets, 12 cookbooks, named one of America's Best New Chefs

Legendary chef Matthew Kenney who is opening 10 new restaurants in the next 10 months (he doesn't sleep), shares his inspiring restaurant industry advice and business success in the face of the pandemic. As the world's most influential chef behind healthy plant-based dining with over 40 restaurants worldwide, 12 cookbooks, and food critic praise (The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Esquire, Harper's Bazaar), Matthew is regarded as the world's first and leading chef at the forefront of plant-based cuisine and education. A graduate of the French Culinary Institute and named one of "America's Best New Chefs" by Food & Wine Magazine, Matthew has authored 12 cookbooks, a best-selling memoir, and launched the Food Future Institute, the worlds leading plant-based cooking course with students studying throughout the world to craft the future of food. He has been twice nominated as a Rising Star Chef in America by the James Beard Foundation and has appeared on numerous food and talk shows, and regularly lectures on the subject of food and health including two highly-watched TED talks. In 2009, Matthew founded the world's first classically structured raw food culinary academy that has graduated students from over 30 countries. Now students can enroll online to join the Food Future Institute, a year-long course dedicated to building and refining techniques in plant-based cuisine. Kenney has over 40 restaurants operating throughout 15 international cities and spanning 5 continents. His popular and highly rated Michelin guide restaurants include Double Zero in Southern California, and NYC (with four more to open in the coming year), and his flagship LA restaurant, Plant Food + Wine. SESTINA in LA is one of the many new restaurant openings in the year ahead, Double Zero Pizza is currently expanding into additional locations throughout Baltimore and Boston. Other restaurants slated to open include: Avivar, an all-day restaurant at the One & Only Palmilla in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, AYRE at the Amrit Ocean Resort on Singer Island, Florida, and the second location of Hungry Angelina, an approachable concept that makes plant-based eating accessible to all, in Dumbo, Brooklyn --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-aidan-byrne0/support