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.
Latest episodes
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37 min
Richard Prout - Chief Product and Innovation Officer at Zambrero.
Richard Prout, Chief Product and Innovation Officer at Zambrero, take us through his journey from London hospitality to helping build a mission-driven global brand. We explore Zamb…
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37 min
Charlie Hachem, Founder, Franchisor, Brand builder and Investor. Fabe. Piccolo Me. Sol Bowl. Go Dark. Munchive…
Today I speak with Charlie Hachem, Co-Founder of Piccolo Me and multiple other hospitality brands. Charlie takes us through his childhood living and breathing hospitality by workin…
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58 min
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…
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25 min
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 Aust…
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21 min
Professor Peter Singer - what does the philosophical founder of the vegan movement think about our new beef an…
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 ve…
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42 min
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…
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33 min
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 childho…
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41 min
Rolf Weber of Marley Spoon. Building a $220M, publicly listed food company providing millions of meals for Aus…
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 b…
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48 min
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 b…