Chef Pod – Details, episodes & analysis

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. 

Find out more about Take Back the Tray here 

Listen to Joshna's podcast Hot Plate

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.

On this weeks episode, Chef Pod is joined by Professor Charlton Alvares, and GBC CHCA student, Yousef Baqtash to discuss their most recent culinary study tour to India and Thailand.

On this weeks episode, Chef Pod is joined by Counselor and Psychotherapist - Robert Malowany, and Chef, Professor, and Mental Health advocate - Warren Ford to take a look at well-being in the Culinary Industry.

On this episode, Chef Pod Hosts, Jason Inniss and Wendy Mah, are joined by Bocuse d'Or Team Canada members Trevor Ritchie and Jenna Reich. Take an inside look at one of the most prestigious culinary competitions in the world.

On this episode, Chef Pod discusses and dissects the New Canada Food Guide. Hosts Jason Inniss and Wendy Mah are joined by special guests, PhD, Dietician, and Nutrition Professor - Linda Gillis; CHCA Alum and current Chef School Instructor -Mina Shekarbani, and current GBCCHCA students - Dayliah Dupree and Zhamila Sharipova.

Hosted by Chef Professor & Coordinator Jason Inniss and Professor Wendy Mah, join George Brown College's Chef School while they discuss Canada's Food Guide, Well Being in the Culinary Industry, and dive deeper into subjects relative to the future of food.

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.

Chef Suzanne Barr of True True Diner is a noted social advocate, helping to lift and support marginalized people within the workspace.

https://www.truetruediner.com/our-story

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

Get involved: https://www.savehospitality.ca/

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.