On episode 5, Chef Johanna Hellrigl gets In The Weeds with Chef Spike Mendelsohn. Johanna takes us on journey beginning with her upbringing in her father’s Michelin-acclaimed restaurants in Italy and New York to her career in democracy-building and women’s empowerment to studying nutritional health and then opening up her Washington DC restaurant, Ama. She shares her philosophy of leading with love, her belief in the power of manifestation and all of the challenges she has faced while opening up a restaurant that is built on values of sustainability, staff well-being and high-quality ingredients.

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