Exclusive Update: The Chef Who Shocked the Culinary World and Why He’s Changing Course Again—Daniel Humm of Eleven Madison Park

Hey everyone, welcome to How I Built This Lab. I'm Guy Raz. So normally in this slot, we have an episode of the How I Built This Advice line, which will be back next week. But today We've got an update to a story we told a few years back, and we'll put a link to the original interview in the show notes, which is well worth hearing. Anyway, you might remember the interview with Daniel Hun, the legendary chef at Eleven Madison Park in New York City. In that conversation, he announced on this show in 2021 that he would no longer use any animal products at the restaurant. I think we've all been able to take a step back and sort of re evaluate

And in a way maybe be a little bit more thoughtful. Also about the impact to our surroundings and The way we have sourced our food, the way we're consuming our food. The way we eat meat. It is not sustainable.

That announcement rocked the world of fine dining. Why? Well, because Eleven Madison Park is one of the most iconic and celebrated restaurants in the world. In 2017, it was actually named the world's greatest restaurant. It's been awarded three Michelin stars every year since 2012.

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