Welcome back to another episode of The Healthy Menu. Meet Sherie Nelson, Director of Wellness at Elior North America. Elior North America is a family of distinct hospitality companies with more than 50 years of industry experience, with a passion for food, service, and excellence. Sherie believes food service is the gateway to teaching Americans how to eat for their health. As the Wellness Director at Elior North America, she has the remarkable opportunity to bring her strong belief that food influences health to a large audience – over 1 million customers daily.  With nearly 20 years of nutrition, wellness, and food service experience, she currently leads all nutrition and wellness programs and initiatives within all Elior segments, including healthcare, higher education, business dining, and K-12, and contributes to employee wellness programming. Sherie is a registered dietitian nutritionist and has an MBA and Master’s in Arts of Management from the College of St. Scholastica. When not promoting wellness, Sherie is practicing it in her daily life. Cooking and eating well take the center of her plate next to the time she spends on a dirt trail, chasing her beautiful Siberian husky down dirt and snow-covered trails. The Healthy Menu is sponsored by MenuSano and hosted by Sonia Couto, Founder of MenuSano. Listen more from The Healthy Menu on Spotify, Apple Music, and more. ===== Sherie Nelson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherie-nelson-mba-rdn-a7b5a7100/ Elior North America: https://www.elior-na.com/ The Healthy Menu: https://www.menusano.com/podcast/ Sonia Couto: https://www.linkedin.com/in/soniacouto/

Welcome to a very special episode with The Healthy Menu x Devour! Food Film Fest. Hosted by Sonia Couto, today's guest is award-winning chef and food advocate, Michel Nischan. Four-time James Beard Award-winner Chef Michel Nischan has been dubbed the “Godfather” of advocacy in the culinary world, maintaining the longest-standing record fighting for a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable food system through policy change. Michel is Co-Founder of the James Beard Foundation Chef Boot Camp for Policy and Change, and the only chef in America to change the Federal Farm Bill, twice, through his non-profit organization Wholesome Wave. Wholesome Wave was founded in 2007—the same year both of his restaurants were listed on Condé Nast’s Top 95 Restaurants in the World (Pure in Mumbai, India, and The Dressing Room Restaurant in Westport, CT). The festival has become a destination for celebrities and notable chefs including Anthony Bourdain, Phil Rosenthal, Jacques Pépin, Dominique Crenn, Chuck Hughes, Sam Cass, Michael Städtlander, Normand Laprise, Michael Smith, Gordon Pinsent, Jason Priestley, Lidia Bastianich, and Bill Pullman. Each year, top chefs from across Canada and around the world collaborate on special dinners inspired by films. Devour! offers something for everyone with a roster of films at our host cinema, the Al Whittle Theatre, as well as food, film and beverage workshops, the Chowder Smackdown, the Great Devour! Community Supper in support of regional food banks, the Devour! The Street Food Rally and so much more. This live is part of a three-part live series in collaboration with Devour! Food Film Fest. The Healthy Menu is brought to you by MenuSano. This episode was taken from a recorded live on October 19, 2022. ===== Michel Nischan: www.chefnischan.com Devour! Food Film Fest: www.devourfest.com Sonia Couto: www.linkedin.com/in/soniacouto MenuSano: www.menusano.com

Welcome to a very special episode with The Healthy Menu x Devour! Food Film Fest. Hosted by Sonia Couto, today's guest is Chef Michael Howell, the Founder and Executive Director of Devour! Fest. Michael is also the consulting Chef at The Green Turtle Club in Abaco, Bahamas and for more than 25 years, he has been a leading chef across the United States, Canada, and The Bahamas. Michael owned and operated Tempest, an award-winning restaurant in Wolfville, NS. Michael has twice cooked at New York’s prestigious James Beard House. His cookbook, Atlantic Seafood, was runner-up at the 2010 Taste Canada awards that was recently re-released in an updated second edition. Michael is the former Co-Chair of Slow Food Canada and was honoured with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2011 for his contributions to improving the food system for all. He was Nova Scotia Local Food Hero in 2010 and named Taste of Nova Scotia’s Culinary Ambassador in 2015. Devour! was awarded the 2017 Canadian Treasures award for Innovation in Hospitality by The George Brown Centre for Culinary Arts and in 2018 was awarded the Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia Culinary Ambassador Award. The festival has become a destination for celebrities and notable chefs including Anthony Bourdain, Phil Rosenthal, Jacques Pépin, Dominique Crenn, Chuck Hughes, Sam Cass, Michael Städtlander, Normand Laprise, Michael Smith, Gordon Pinsent, Jason Priestley, Lidia Bastianich, and Bill Pullman. Each year, top chefs from across Canada and around the world collaborate on special dinners inspired by films. Devour! offers something for everyone with a roster of films at our host cinema, the Al Whittle Theatre, as well as food, film and beverage workshops, the Chowder Smackdown, the Great Devour! Community Supper in support of regional food banks, the Devour! The Street Food Rally and so much more. This live is part of a three-part live series in collaboration with Devour! Food Film Fest. The Healthy Menu is brought to you by MenuSano. This episode was taken from a recorded live on October 18, 2022. ===== Michael Howell: www.linkedin.com/in/michael-howell-23a6b015 Devour! Food Film Fest: www.devourfest.com Sonia Couto: www.linkedin.com/in/soniacouto MenuSano: www.menusano.com

Welcome to a very special episode with The Healthy Menu x Devour! Food Film Fest. Hosted by Sonia Couto, today's guest is award-winning chef, Doug McNish. Doug is a globally recognized Executive Chef, consultant, and author, appearing on numerous national and international television shows. His cookbooks include the bestselling Eat Raw, Eat Well (2012), Vegan Everyday (2015), and The Classics Veganized (2020)—all of which have won the Gourmand Award for Best Vegan Cookbook in the world. His work has helped make vegan cuisine go mainstream, and he is devoted to his vocation and activism in the name of ethics, health, and the environment. The festival has become a destination for celebrities and notable chefs including Anthony Bourdain, Phil Rosenthal, Jacques Pépin, Dominique Crenn, Chuck Hughes, Sam Cass, Michael Städtlander, Normand Laprise, Michael Smith, Gordon Pinsent, Jason Priestley, Lidia Bastianich, and Bill Pullman. Each year, top chefs from across Canada and around the world collaborate on special dinners inspired by films. Devour! offers something for everyone with a roster of films at our host cinema, the Al Whittle Theatre, as well as food, film and beverage workshops, the Chowder Smackdown, the Great Devour! Community Supper in support of regional food banks, the Devour! The Street Food Rally and so much more. This live is part of a three-part live series in collaboration with Devour! Food Film Fest. The Healthy Menu is brought to you by MenuSano. This episode is taken from a recorded live from October 17, 2022.  ===== Doug McNish: www.dougmcnish.com | @dougmcnish Devour! Food Film Fest: www.devourfest.com Sonia Couto: www.linkedin.com/in/soniacouto MenuSano: www.menusano.com

In this episode, Sonia Couto spoke with Rym Selmi, the Founder of Miiro. Miiro offers plant-based and low-sugar chocolates and baking goodies. They discuss the plant-based market, as well as Rym's story, and how Miiro got started. This episode was taken from a recorded live on September 2022. The Healthy Menu is sponsored by MenuSano, a nutrition analysis and recipe costing software.  Miiro: https://miiro.co/  Miiro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miiro_plantbased/ ===== MenuSano: www.menusano.com MenuSano Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/menusano/ MenuSano Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/menusano MenuSano LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/menusano

Welcome back to another episode of The Healthy Menu. Today, Sonia Couto is here to discuss the technology tools available to take control of your health. Check out all the tools that Sonia talks about below. This episode was taken from a recorded live on June 2022. The Healthy Menu is sponsored by MenuSano, a nutrition analysis and recipe costing software. Oura Ring Muse 1byone Vivoo Wellness Tracker Airthings ========= MenuSano Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/menusano/ MenuSano Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/menusano MenuSano LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/menusano

Nutritional fact-value information has been proven to drive changes in consumer behavior. It is vital for informing decision-making for purchases, and provides protection for both consumers and manufacturers. Nutrition labels are vital for consumers who are on a diet of any kind, or have a medical condition and/or allergy that prevents them from eating certain things. As a result, nutrition labels and accurate nutrition label software has become increasingly important. Food manufacturers must ensure that all of the boxes are checked and every mandated component of the label must be present. Read more on this topic: Things That MUST be on a Food Label ========= MenuSano Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/menusano/ MenuSano Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/menusano MenuSano LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/menusano

In this episode, MenuSano founder Sonia Couto spoke with Sean Beckingham, the President of Branding & Buzzing. Branding and Buzzing is Canada’s leading food & beverage marketing agency, buzzing about consumer & foodservice brands. Together they discussed food marketing and branding, food packaging essentials, and marketing tips for food businesses. Branding & Buzzing Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brandandbuzz/ Branding & Buzzing Website: https://brandingandbuzzing.com/ ========= MenuSano Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/menusano/ MenuSano Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/menusano MenuSano LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/menusano

The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act in the U.S. and other similar laws in other countries was designed to help consumers make more informed choices about what they eat. Through the use of nutrition information on food packages along with other important information such as ingredients, nutrition facts, and nutrition data, consumers can get more information on the food they are eating and how healthy it is. Nutrition labelling errors happen all too often in manufacturing facilities around the world. These mistakes lead to financial loss for manufacturers due to recalled products and legal issues such as lawsuits from consumer groups or individuals who were affected by nutrition label inaccuracies. Read more on this topic: The Top Reasons for Label & Packaging Errors in Food Manufacturing ========= MenuSano Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/menusano/ MenuSano Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/menusano MenuSano LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/menusano

In this episode, MenuSano founder Sonia Couto spoke with Tamir Barzilai, the CEO and Co-Founder of Honeycomb. The Honeycomb.ai app makes it easy for restaurants to display dietary information on their menu in a way that is totally automated. Together, these two Founders spoke about Honeycomb's story and the impact of nutrition and allergen technologies in the food and beverage industry. Honeycomb Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/honeycomb_app Honeycomb Website: https://www.honeycomb.ai ========= MenuSano Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/menusano/ MenuSano Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/menusano MenuSano LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/menusano