S2, Ep14: The Vegan Masterchef Way with Dino Luciano

This episode is brought to you by Vivo Life! Use our code 'chickpeeps10' to get 10% off your order at vivolife.com! ‘I’ve got a plan to save the world’, promises Dino Luciano, the talented and dynamic chef who broke new ground when he became the first vegan to win Masterchef in 2017 -  and we’re inclined to believe him! In this in-depth interview Dino speaks candidly to the ChickPeeps - and special guest host Elliot Knight! - about his experiences as a vegan competing in the world’s biggest cooking show, why he chose to compete in the first place knowing he’d have to cook meat, and whether or not veganism can heal the world. Also in this episode... ‘I wanted to be a vegetarian ever since I could remember’. Dino explains how, despite his traditional italian upbringing, he always felt at heart that he didn’t agree with consuming animals. His earliest experiences working in restaurants and getting fired a lot when he wouldn’t taste the food. Dino’s rationale for being ‘a little more stealth’ about his vegan advocacy now. Dino talks about how his need to save his family’s health pushed him to learn how to make healthy vegan food taste as good as and better than animal products. 10 points to you if you can guess which Hogwarts house Dino is! Dino speculates on why being a vegan chef would be controversial on network tv in America. ‘My vegan food actually is a little bit better than my meat, and my meat is the best meat anyone in the world can cook.’ Dino shares his theory on how cooking could be the solution to ending racism. How and why Dino’s OCD and anxiety lessened when he switched to a plant based diet. How visualisation and the law of attraction was a key component to his winning Masterchef. One person Dino would like to see go vegan. Links: Follow Dino on Instagram, Youtube and Twitter! Check out Dino’s website and have him cater your next plant-based event or dinner! Vote for The ChickPeeps in the Vegan Food and Living Reader Awards! Social Media Twitter: @ChickPeepsPod Instagram: @ChickPeepsPod Facebook: @ChickPeepsPodcast Momoko Hill: @oh_momoko Robbie Jarvis: @robbjarvis Tylor Starr: @tylorstarr Evanna Lynch: @msevylynch