Again in 2017, I wrote a narrative exploring the thought of personalised meals profiles. The piece explored whether or not, sometime, we’d stroll into eating places, store on the grocery retailer, or have dinner at a pal’s home and have the ability to talk our meals preferences and dietary restrictions upfront, shaping our whole meal journey accordingly.
The inspiration for that article got here from Mike Lee, who had simply spoken at our Good Kitchen Summit in Seattle that October. Throughout his discuss, he launched the thought of a “meals passport” that might sometime assist personalize meals experiences wherever we go. I had gotten to know Mike by his work at The Future Market, the place he developed an idea retailer of the long run for the Fancy Meals Present. It didn’t take lengthy for me to appreciate that Mike has a uncommon capacity to think about the numerous doable futures of our meals system and to grasp how expertise and social change may intersect to deliver these futures to life.
Nonetheless, it wasn’t till he revealed his e-book Mise: On the Way forward for Meals that I absolutely appreciated the breadth of his pondering and the methods he can masterfully get his concepts throughout. In Mise, Mike not solely describes massive potential applied sciences and adjustments we’ll wrestle with sooner or later, however he gave us tales of how these adjustments may unfold in our lives.
In brief, Mike will not be solely expert at figuring out early indicators and developments, however he’s additionally a grasp of utilizing storytelling as an instance how these futures may unfold, which is why I’m tremendous excited to welcome his new present to The Spoon Podcast Community: The Tomorrow Immediately Present.
In his new podcast, Mike takes listeners on a weekly deep dive into the way forward for meals, whether or not it’s eating places, farming, shopper merchandise, diet, and even meals hedonism. Every episode options long-form conversations that transcend surface-level takes, providing nuanced insights from among the most considerate voices within the business.
On this first episode, The Way forward for Eating places, Mike has a roundtable dialog with Kristen Hawley (Expedite), Elizabeth Tilton (Oyster Sunday), David Rodolitz (Flyfish Membership), and yours really. We discover all the things from the function of empathy in hospitality to why cooks are buying and selling molecular gastronomy for consolation meals like pot pies.
Season one is launched, and you’ll watch the primary episode under or take heed to it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Be certain to subscribe, fee and evaluate!
Mike is my visitor on this week’s episode of The Spoon Podcast, so be certain that to take heed to that as nicely to listen to somewhat extra about Mike’s background.
