Eat For The Planet with Nil Zacharias

Feb 13 2025 192 ep. 60 mins 334
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Eat For The Planet features conversations with food industry leaders, health and sustainability experts, as well as entrepreneurs and creative minds who are redefining the future of food.

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#191 - Next Level Burger: Expansion, Plant-Based Backlash, and the Future of Sustainable Fast Food

Feb 13 2025 60 mins  
In this episode of Eat for the Planet, Matt de Gruyter, CEO and co-founder of Next Level Burger, discusses the brand’s significant progress since 2018, including the acquisition and turnaround of Veggie Grill, its ambitious expansion goals, and the evolving plant-based food landscape. Matt reflects on combating misinformation, balancing operational discipline with a strong work c

#190 - Challenging Meat’s Dominance: From Counterculture to Systems Change with Alicia Kennedy

Jan 27 2025 50 mins  
In this episode of the Eat for the Planet podcast, Nil Zacharias speaks with Alicia Kennedy, author of No Meat Required, about challenging meat’s dominance in the food system and exploring the cultural, culinary, and systemic shifts needed to create meaningful change. They discuss how plant-based eating, rooted in countercultural movements, can serve as a force for transformation

#189 - Winning the Consumer Mindset: Indy Kaur on Driving Plant-Based Adoption and Building Trust

Jan 16 2025 46 mins  
In this episode of Eat for the Planet, Nil Zacharias engages with Indy Kaur, founder of Plant Futures Collective, to discuss her path in the food industry, her pivotal work at Tesco, and her current mission to drive plant-based adoption. The conversation highlights the challenges and opportunities in the plant-based food sector, emphasizing trust-building, storytelling, and collect

#188 - Cultivated Meat and the American Dream: Sami Nabulsi on Innovation, Politics, and Progress

Jan 09 2025 61 mins  
In this episode of Eat for the Planet, Sami Nabulsi, founder of Pythag Tech, explores the intersection of innovation, politics, and progress in the cultivated meat industry. Drawing from his transition from finance to food tech, Sami shares his vision for the future of cultivated meat, including its potential to reshape global food systems and address critical challenges like susta

#187 - The Plant-Based Reset: Lessons, Challenges, and a Path Forward with Maisie Ganzler

Jan 01 2025 53 mins  
In this episode of Eat for the Planet, Maisie Ganzler, former Chief Strategy and Brand Officer at Bon Appétit Management Company (BAMCO), reflects on her 30 years of leadership at the forefront of sustainability. She discusses BAMCO’s approach to balancing customer needs with supplier realities, lessons learned from the company’s early adoption of plant-based alternatives, and

#186 - Meat, Culture, and the Identity of Food with Chef Palak Patel

Dec 22 2024 57 mins  
Palak Patel is an award-winning chef, best-selling author, and a dynamic force in the movement for sustainable food systems. In this episode, Palak reflects on her personal and professional evolution, highlighting food’s role as an emotional and cultural connector. Drawing from her cookbook Food is Love, she discusses how emotion drives her cooking and offers insights into the ch

#185 - Plant-Based Dreams, Blended Realities, and a Chicken-Beef Burger You Didn’t See Coming

Dec 20 2024 75 mins  
In this thought-provoking episode of Eat for the Planet, Nil Zacharias is joined by Michelle Adelman, an entrepreneur and innovator in the food industry. Michelle reflects on her journey from leading the plant-based food platform Infinite Foods in Africa to founding Crossover Meats, a company that blends chicken and beef to create a more sustainable and scalable meat product. Throu

#184 - Has Overthrow Hospitality Cracked the Code on Plant-Based Dining?

Dec 15 2024 58 mins  
Overthrow Hospitality is an award-winning plant-based food and beverage hospitality group with ten unique venues offering elevated dining and drinking experiences to the socially conscious consumer. In this episode, Ravi Derossi, Founder and CEO of Overthrow Hospitality discusses the company's evolution into a fully plant-based hospitality group with an innovative approach to dini

#183 – Cheese, Reimagined: Sorosh Tavakoli on Challenges and Change

Dec 11 2024 78 mins  
In this episode, Sorosh Tavakoli, the CEO of Stockeld Dreamery shares his journey from tech to founding Stockeld Dreamery, a plant-based cheese company. He highlights the shortcomings of plant-based cheese—poor taste, texture, and nutrition—and discusses Stockeld’s innovative approach using fermented legume proteins to create better products. Sarosh reflects on industry chall

#182 – Alternative Protein...a Big Nothing Burger? With Steve Molino

Dec 07 2024 84 mins  
This episode features Steve Molino, Partner & Head of Investments at Clear Current Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on catalyzing sustainable change in the food system. The conversation focuses on the state of the alternative protein industry and its potential to transform the global food system. Steve shares his journey into impact investing, insights into the