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Be the Change Through Plant-Based Diets

Dan Marek - Be the Change Through Plant-Based Diets

This event was on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 12:00 pm Pacific, 3:00 pm Eastern

In this ACTE/Rouxbe presentation, Chef Dan Marek will talk about Plant-Based Diets and how they can lead to a healthier lifestyle by simply eating more plants.

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Recorded

Question:

How can we encourage restaurants to offer whole food plant-based options on their menus?

— Chris Dunmall

Answer:

I am right there with you, you know in The Surge of you know, plant-based up plant-based living becoming so popular in America now and across the world really it's you know, it's it would be nice to see more restaurants having options that aren't just an Ultimate Burger or an impossible Burger because those are really not that great for you. But really look at Whole Foods, you know there they have the skills and the abilities to be able to do that. They just have to have a little bit more knowledge about that. You're a lot of Consulting companies. I've run one for years to be able to help restaurants to be able to look at menus and look at the ingredients they currently have on the menu. So you're not upping the cost on it making something that's just really wonderful for any eater. It doesn't matter if they're plant-based or not. But just to put something, you know, like a burger, you know on the menu and say well that's our vegan option. That just is kind of like, you know, it's not really the experience that most people are looking for right? It's an afterthought. So having a chef and part of that is recommending them to restaurants and be like, you know what I love this restaurant. I've been coming for you for years. I recently went plant-based. I see the only thing you have is a veggie burger on your menu, which your Chef consider doing something a little different than just a veggie burger having recommendations. Like that is great A lot of restaurants love the challenge of doing that to be like, yeah, you know what that's a great idea. Let's do something like that. So I'm right there with you Chris. I do wish more restaurants did it? It's a slow progression that is happening over time. But it's it's definitely happening slower than I wish it would so good question Chris.
Dan Marek

Dan Marek

Director of Plant-Based Culinary & Dev

rouxbe.com