🎧 Pacific Island Food Revolution with Chef Robert Oliver
Join Dr. Quave and Chef Oliver as they examine the unique flavors of the South Pacific.
Can food culture help combat non-communicable lifestyle diseases? We explore this question and more in the first episode of Season 6 of the Foodie Pharmacology podcast with Dr. Cassandra Quave. This week's guest is Chef Robert Oliver, an award-winning author, TV host, food ambassador, and renowned New Zealand chef with restaurants in cities like New York, Miami, Las Vegas, and Sydney. Chef Oliver discusses his passion and in-depth knowledge of Pacific cuisine, the significance of local foods, and the impact of his initiative, the Pacific Island Food Revolution. This movement aims to fight lifestyle diseases in the region by revitalizing and promoting traditional Pacific cuisine and sustainable farming methods. Join Dr. Quave and Chef Oliver as they delve into his innovative work, the unique flavors of the South Pacific, and how food and culture can foster social and economic transformations while promoting health and sustainability.
This podcast is sponsored by The Periodic Table of Food Initiative in association with the American Heart Association. The views and opinions in this podcast are those of the presenters and represent the synthesis of science. For more information on the Periodic Table of Food Initiative, please visit https://foodperiodictable.org/
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About Robert
Robert Oliver is a chef, author, and TV host from New Zealand. He has started restaurants in New York, Miami, Las Vegas and Sydney, "farm to table" resorts in the Caribbean.
Robert is the Chef Ambassador for Le Cordon Bleu, New Zealand and has authored two popular culinary books: Me’a Kai: The Food and Flavours of the South Pacific and Mea’ai Samoa. Me’a Kai stunned the food world by winning “Best Cookbook in the World” at the Gourmand Awards in Paris.
In 2017, Robert was honored with a KEA World Class New Zealander Award and in 2022 was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit in recognition for his services to the food industry and Pacific Communities.
Robert is the Executive Director and Founder of Pacific Island Food Revolution, a television media-led movement across the South Pacific designed to return the region to traditional cuisine to curb the Pacific’s non communicable diabetes (diabetes and lifestyle disease) crisis. Pacific Island Food Revolution television plays across the Pacific, in New Zealand, Australia, Asia, the UK and the USA and internationally via Parade Media.
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