Chef Charles Michel is a gastronomer, profound educator, and innovator whose work has the power to change our understanding of food systems—globally and at home. His activism offers us the opportunity to create a very powerful, and very needed, revolution spanning food education, community activism, connection to planet, and much much more.

He says, "Food is nature. Food is us. Food is the future."

He also says, “What we eat is the most intimate connection we establish with Earth and the people around us.”

Charles is a dear friend, for so many reasons, but the one I’ll pin at the top is this: he knows how to bring me into my heart center on two issues I get extremely passionate about: activism for our stomachs and activism for our planet. 

In this conversation, you'll hear Charles share history that enlightens us on why our food customs come with a fork and knife, how the monarchy still influences cultures today, what we can do to reclaim our relationship and experience to food, and that’s just the start. 

You’ll also hear powerful stories from Charles’ personal experiences ceremoniously sacrificing live rooster once yearly, and how this action connects your nervous system to our greater system, naturally.

Trust, that part of the conversation pulls you in and takes you away from the present moment (in the best way). And then we go deeper into activism with what can we DO to address global food systems and waste food. 

This conversation will, undoubtedly, make your life BETTER by bringing you even closer to the one subject we can all agree we love to embrace: food. 

Dig in. No knives. Hands only (or, in this case, ears). Let’s go.

WORKS:
- Classically trained Chef in Michelin-star restaurants
- Chef-in-residence at the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford
- Community Builder and Educator of his digital classroom, which you can find on Patreon 
- In-person educator of masterclasses like “A Course in Regenerative Living,” which you will find  on his website charlesxmichel.com 
- Competitor on The Final Table (Netflix) with the intention of activating on behalf of BETTER global food systems
- TED speaker, "Delicious Evolution - Food and Human Civilization"
- Former Consultant for the World Food Programme in Colombia

 

TOOLS:
- Wisdom that will empower you to envision new food paradigms in your own home and beyond

- Historic knowledge and philosophy to make your relationship with food new again

- Tools that encourage us to think critically about the cost of our current habits

- Inspiration to reignite curiosity in ingredients
- 
Insight to empower you to be a catalyst for inner, social, and environmental change

- Reminders for supporting your own emotional regulation through food

- Guidance for cultivating awareness of which foods make you feel your best
- Resources to find community in this food revolution

 

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

BETTER is recorded on the unceded and ancestral territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and has been stewarded by them since time immemorial.
 

BETTER with Mark Brand is produced by Pamela Rothenberg of I HEAR YOU STUDIOS and Adam Karch with Orbyt Media