Gabe Kennedy

Kennedy was born on November 17, 1990, in Portland, Oregon. His father is a chiropractor and his mother an acupuncturist, which helped introduce Kennedy to Chinese herbal medicine and a belief in the curative powers of food.^[3] He graduated first in his class from The Culinary Institute of America,^[4] and is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration. He is also a Deans Distinguished Lecturer for the School of Hotel Administration.^[5]

Kennedy started his career at age 14 working in local Boulder, Colorado restaurants.^[6] He worked his way up to the NYC establishment Bouley by David Bouley,^[7] and in 2015 he was the visiting executive chef of Bon Appétit Magazine.^[8] Kennedy is a co-founder of Plant People, a cannabis wellness brand,^[2] which produces and sells herbal, mushroom and CBD-based supplements based in New York City.

In 2015, Kennedy was named as ambassador of Concern Worldwide U.S.^[9] In April 2015 in Haiti, Kennedy worked to provide food service and hospitality education.^[10][3] In 2015, Kennedy won the third season of ABC's reality series The Taste.^[11][12]

In 2016, Kennedy hosted the Saturday morning cooking competition show on the CW network called Dinner Spinner.^[13] In November 2016, Kennedy partnered with Taiwan's Tourism Bureau to explore the country's cuisine.^[7]

In 2020, Kennedy was named in Forbes 30 under 30 in the food and drink category^[14] In 2021, Kennedy appeared on Selena Gomez's HBO cooking show, Selena + Chef.^[15]

He is also the Director of Culinary and Innovation for the vegetarian restaurants Little Beet and Little Beet Table.^[16]