Amy Elkhoury is a Plant-Based Chef and the founder and CEO of Nutesse. A conscious Foodie with a background in Whole Food Plant-Based Nutrition, Yoga and Animal Rescue. We go into detail in the podcast of Amy’s journey of being a ballerina through to to her current calling.
Nutesse is a HK based company making aged plant-based cheeses that are hand crafted, fermented and free of chemicals, preservatives and artificial flavourings. Amy believes in offering gourmet products that are healthy and good for the planet.
Her passions are sustainability, healthy animal free foods, travel, reading, caring for animals and dance. She loves hiking with her dog early in the morning. We discuss Amy’s passions and her morning and evening routines in the podcast.
Timings
I'm a Plant Based Chef and a Raw Vegan Chef...As a child...I was a ballerina... I loved cooking... I have a passion for animals...
5:00 I'm Lebanese... I moved to Canada... worked in an Ad Agency...
6:29 I fell in love with Yoga... I did this for eight years...
8:19 I had an opportunity to move to Shanghai.....voluteering with children...
9:44 I studied plant based nutrition with T. Colin Campbell...I love gourmet food...
10:20 I studied with Matthew Kenny... with Sayuri Tanaka...
11:14 [my son] I can let go of ... the eggs ...the meat...but cheese...
12:37 I am a rebel at times, don't get me wrong... someone very very disciplined...
13:29 Food is a nurturing art... it brings people together...
14:57 Once a Yogi always a Yogi...
15:58 At Nuteese it's another part of meditation... I'm dancing as I make the food...
16:44 Sunday is my me day... to move away from the craziness...
18:24 I started making cheese in Montreal Canada...I moved here at the beginning of
19:10 ...It's been years I have been experimenting... [my friend] This is amazing...it's really like hard cheese...
20:19 I do a lot of things with the heart... I had faith... passion also for animals... I have five cats and a dog...
21:56[Products] That are equally healthy, equally delicious and equally great for the environment...
23:33 She won't have any cholesterol problems...
25:21 It's been five years I've been fully vegan...
27:28 Nuteese is for the passionate gourmet....[something] that everyone can enjoy...
28:18 The nuts are soaked... we ferment them...season...then age them...
29:50 Ageing them for 21 days...it's a science... the rind develops... the flavours intensify... fresh cheeses that take only a couple of days...
32:18 The secret ingredient is it's hand crafted with love...
32:34 Don't say cheese its nuteese....
33:59 I also love anything Japanese... based on travelling...
34:50 [Matthew Kenny] He is the King of plant based and raw...
35:26 The cheeses are vegan, gluten free and raw...
36:46 I add a different kind of pro-biotic depending on the cheese...
39:09 Adjusting to the temperature and humidity in Hong Kong... adjusting to the new produce ... it was fear ...I do have these doubts...
41:44 I love reading... a way to disconnect...
Books
Michael Singer:
The Untethered Soul
Surrender Experiment
Melanie Joy
Why we love Dogs, eat Pigs and wear Cows
Getting Relationships Right
Martha Beck
The Way of Integrity
Quotes:
Be the change that you wish to see in the world - Mahatma Gandhi
You can only become truly accomplished at something that you love - Maya Angelou
The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention - Kahlil Gibran
Contact Amy
https://www.nuteese.com
IG: Instagram.com/nuteese
WhatsApp - on the website
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