Matthew Kenney
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Matthew Kenney, an American celebrity chef, entrepreneur, and educator specializing in plant-based cuisine.
He is the author of 12 books and the creator of Matthew Kenney Cuisine and Matthew Kenney Culinary, a plant-based diet education and wellness company that provides courses in several countries and online.
Early life and education
Kenney was born in the United States state of Connecticut in the 1960s and grew up in Searsport, Maine. He went from the University of Maine with a degree in political science to become a chef. He studied classical culinary techniques at the French Culinary Institute, now the International Culinary Center. He worked in various kitchens in New York City after graduating in 1990.
Career
Kenney opened his namesake restaurant "Matthew's" in 1993 in New York City. He became Food & Wine magazine's "1994 Best New Chef". He opened the restaurants Mezze, Monzu Canteen, Commune, and Commissary. Kenney has said the economic slump caused by the September 11th terror attacks caused his restaurants to close.
Kenney, partner Sarma Melngailis and investor Jeffrey Chodorow in 2004 opened a vegan restaurant, Pure Food and Wine, in New York City.
Kenney left Pure Food and Wine in 2005, and the owner and manager sued him, alleging he broke his contract.
In 2009, Kenney opened his first culinary academy in Oklahoma City. In 2012, he moved the renamed Matthew Kenney Culinary Academy to Santa Monica, California, and relocated his company to Los Angeles. In 2013, he established a campus of the Academy in Belfast, Maine. In 2017, he sold the Academy to Adam Zucker.
In 2012 Kenney formed Matthew Kenney Cuisine, a Los Angeles-based restaurant lifestyle company offering a variety of plant-based services and products, including hospitality, education, media, products and services. As of 2022, Matthew Kenney Cuisine operates more than 50 active restaurants, in more than 12 countries.
In 2017, he was sued for unpaid rent at the popular Plant Food and Wine in Miami. In December 2017, he faced debt and foreclosure proceedings in Belfast, Maine, on a building that housed his former culinary academy.
In 2019, Matthew Kenney Cuisine opened an all-vegan food hall Plant City in Providence, Rhode Island. In 2019, he launched Ntidote Life nutrition bars with Dr. Amir Marashi.