Ep119- How to Change the World via Food with Tim West
Episode description
Recognized as one of Zagat’s 30 under 30 in 2013, Tim West is a Slow Food chef turned Social Entrepreneur. He is a Culinary Institute of America (CIA) graduate and grandson of Arch West, the inventor of Doritos®.
Tim cut his teeth in the the kitchens at The St. Regis Hotel in New York and the Facebook headquarters in California before entering the world of entrepreneurship.
Tim co-created The Food Hackathon + Forum as a business plan competition and alternative educational experience to encourage entrepreneurs to work on more meaningful problems and to expose corporate teams to a more collaborative and inspiring working methodology.
We had a great conversation about the future of food and how to get involved:
- How Tim became a chef
- His family's past food experience
- Definition of "Slow Food"
- What is wrong with food today?
- Tim's realization "that he can feed more people with a cell phone and a computer than a chef knife and a flame."
- True cost accounting
- How do we change the food system?
- What is a "hackathon" and why is it important?
- The Startup Bus Competition
- How to win business plan competitions
- The art of the pitch
- What Tim learned from his time at Facebook
- Thoughts on "digital discipline"
Selected links from the show:
Food Hackathon
Tim West - iFTF Profile
Learning From A Banana Tycoon
Tim's Ted Talks: Cultivate Innovation and Hacking: Food for Thought
Camp Grounded - Summer Camp for Adults
A Taste of Generation Yum
StartupBus
Guy Kawasaki - The Only 10 Slides You Need in Your Pitch
Tim West - AboutMe
Terra Madre
Future Food Institute