Talking Shiitake
My mission is to help make our food system healthier, more sustainable and ethical. In a market where consumers are making more informed decisions about the food they buy, I believe that food businesses catering to these needs will be the most successful. I’m Michael Fox, CEO and Co-Founder of Shiitake mushroom company Fable Food. For years I’ve been obsessed with our food system. Welcome to my podcast where I Talk Shiitake with successful chefs, food industry executives and entrepreneurs to learn about what’s lead to their success in the food industry.
Episodes
7 episodes
Greg Creed, former CEO Yum! Brands - the story behind the creation of the Mountain Dew Baja Blast at Taco Bell.
Today I speak with Greg Creed, former CMO of Taco Bell then CEO of Yum! Brands globally (KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and more). Greg talks through how a key consumer insight relating to drinks at Taco Bell lead them to the development of the Moun...
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58:18
Matt Shook of JuiceLand - Building a 42 Juice and Smoothie Chain in Texas
Today I speak with Matt Shook, Founder and CEO of the 42 door Texas smoothie and juice chain JuiceLand. I had the pleasure of filming this episode in person at Matt’s house in Austin, Texas. Matt talks us through his journey into the juice and ...
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Professor Peter Singer - what does the philosophical founder of the vegan movement think about our new beef and shiitake blended meat product?
Today I have the incredible honor of Talking Shiitake with Professor Peter Singer. In 1974 Peter wrote the book Animal Liberation which laid the philosophical foundation for the vegan movement. This book played a huge role in my going vegan and...
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20:46
Cindy Flores - Bringing incredible Mexican food to Australia
In this episode, I Talk Shiitake with Cindy Flores. Cindy runs her own Taquiria in Redfern, Sydney called Tacos Muchachos and we met when she was head of culinary at the incredibly successful 200 door Mexican restaurant chain Guzman y Gomez whe...
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42:18
Diem Fuggersberger - from refugee to successful food entrepreneur
In this episode I Talk Shiitake with Diem Fuggersberger. Diem’s story is a tale of resilience, persistence, great food and a passion for sustainability. She had a turbulent childhood fleeing Vietnam with her family as a child, bein...
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Rolf Weber of Marley Spoon. Building a $220M, publicly listed food company providing millions of meals for Australians.
In today’s episode of Talking Shiitake I speak with meal kit company Marley Spoon Australia’s Co-Founder and CEO Rolf Weber. Rolf and I first met nearly 15 years ago when we were both in the fashion industry and I actually interviewed him for m...
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Episode 2
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George Peppou of VOW: Woolly Mammoth Meatballs and will consumers accept cell based meat?
Welcome to the first episode of my new podcast Talking Shiitake!In this episode I talk shiitake with George Peppou, co-founder of cell cultured meat company VOW. George and I met back in 2019 when we were figuring out our paths in the a...
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Episode 1
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