Chef Suzanne Barr is a social justice advocate & food advocate who walks the talk in equitable pay, food security, social justice for People of Color and the LGBTQIA+ community.

She is a one of North America’s most respected chefs, a dear friend of mine, the author of My Ackee Tree: A Chef's Memoir of Finding Home in the Kitchen, and she previously owned of the popular restaurant Saturday Dinette, Head Chef/Owner at True True Diner, and was the inaugural chef-in-residence at the Gladstone Hotel. 

 

Today, you’ll hear powerful stories about setting intention, knowing your path, letting go to let more in, and much much more. 

 

WORKS:

- Author of, “My Ackee Tree: A Chef's Memoir of Finding Home in the Kitchen”

- Head Chef/Owner at True True Diner

- Owner, Saturday Dinette

- Former inaugural chef-in-residence at the Gladstone Hotel

- Contributor, Suzanne contributed her jerk chicken ramen recipe to “Black Food”—a collection of stories, art and recipes across the African Diaspora 

- suzannebarrfood.com

TOOLS:

- Awarenesses that remind us how powerful love is and how to put it in practice to heal and support the needs of communities 

- How to find flow state in something you care for personally & professionally 

- Tools to enhance your love for and connection to food

- Inspiration on how to change the hierarchy is a workplace

- Stories that remind us of the importance of rest 

- Inspiration to create food and recipes as resistance 

 

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