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Jefferson Hack sits down with three-star Michelin chef Daniel Humm for a conversation on synesthesia, innovation, and the potential of plant-based food

This week on Where It’s At, Jefferson Hack talks to three-star Michelin chef Daniel Humm, zig-zagging from his start in competitive cycling (having left home at 14) to his first star and the mushroom trip that inspired his pivot to plant-based cooking at his award-winning restaurant, Eleven Madison Park. Humm’s relentless innovation propels this conversation, touching on what inspired him to found the extraordinary non-profit educational organisation Rethink Food and his experience of synesthesia, which allows him to ‘taste’ dishes simply by painting them.

Listen to the new episode of Where It’s At below or wherever you get your podcasts. 

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