15 episodes

Sowing the seeds for the future of the culinary industry. Wendy Mah and Jason Inniss, Chef Pod hosts and GBCCHCA faculty joined by special guests, take a deep dive into topics affecting our industry today. Topics like health and well-being in the kitchens, gender and race dynamics, plant-based meats and ethical butchery, and so much more.

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Sowing the seeds for the future of the culinary industry. Wendy Mah and Jason Inniss, Chef Pod hosts and GBCCHCA faculty joined by special guests, take a deep dive into topics affecting our industry today. Topics like health and well-being in the kitchens, gender and race dynamics, plant-based meats and ethical butchery, and so much more.

    Joshna Maharaj on Taking Back the Tray

    Joshna Maharaj on Taking Back the Tray

    Chef Pod is joined by Chef Activist, Joshna Maharaj, author of newly released - Take Back the Tray - a movement to reconnect food with health, wellness, education, and rehabilitation in public institutions around the globe.

    • 26 min
    Bashir Munye on Food Sovereignty, Gender, and Race

    Bashir Munye on Food Sovereignty, Gender, and Race

    It’s often-times the uncomfortable conversations that are the most important conversations to have. On this episode, Chef Pod is joined by Bashir Munye - Chef, Professor, activist - to discuss food security vs food sovereignty, Race, and Gender. What do these mean, how do they affect our experiences in and out of the kitchen, and where do we go from here.

    • 39 min
    Suzanne Barr on Living Your Truth

    Suzanne Barr on Living Your Truth

    What does it mean to live your truth? Chef Pod sits down with Chef Suzanne Barr to discuss intention, impact, finding her voice, and how her chef-in-residency menu became a love-letter to her mother.

    • 35 min
    Chef Pod at Home with John Sinopoli of SaveHospitality.ca

    Chef Pod at Home with John Sinopoli of SaveHospitality.ca

    In this bonus remote episode, Chef Pod is joined by John Sinopoli of Ascari Hospitality Group, who, in an effort to Save Toronto's Hospitality industry, began the coalition - SaveHospitality.ca

    • 41 min
    Plant Based Meats

    Plant Based Meats

    On this week's episode, the Chef Pod is joined by GBCCHCA Nutrition professor - Lisa Koo, and ethical butcher - Dave Meli, to discuss the rise in plant-based meats, and how they compare to ethically sourced meats.

    • 1 hr 1 min
    Chef Sean Brock

    Chef Sean Brock

    This week, Chef Pod is joined by Sean Brock, founder chef of award-winning Husk Restaurants, chef-owner of Audrey in Nashville, and author of several best-selling cookbooks.

    You may recognize Brock from TV shows such as 'Chefs' Table' and 'Mind of a Chef'.

    • 42 min

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