On episode 16, chef and food equity advocate, Michel Nischan gets In The Weeds with Spike Mendelsohn. From truck stop cook to James Beard Award-winning chef, Michel Nischan’s journey to the kitchen was anything but planned. He sits down with Spike Mendelsohn to talk about his unexpected path, cooking for the Dalai Lama, partnering with Paul Newman, and his dedication to food equity. Tune in as he shares inspiring stories and discusses his advocacy work, including his efforts to create lasting change in food policy.

Michel Nischan is a chef and long-standing leader in the local, organic, sustainable food movement. He is Founder and President of Wholesome Crave, a food company selling responsibly sourced, plant-forward soups to large-scale dining facilities, and now available direct-to-consumer. A portion of the gross sales from Wholesome Crave products benefit Wholesome Wave, the non-profit food equity organization for which Michel serves as Co-Founder and Executive Chairman. A lifetime Ashoka Fellow, he serves as a Founding Director on the board of the Jacques Pepin Foundation; and on the advisory boards of Chef’s Collaborative, Modern Farmer, Good Food Media Network, and The Culinary Institute of America.

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