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The celebrity chef who is the culinary visionary behind Providence’s Plant City and dozens of other high-profile plant-based restaurants around the world is in business free fall, according to a new report in the Los Angeles Times.
“The unmistakable stench of rotting food filled the space formerly occupied by chef Matthew Kenney’s trendy Venice restaurant, Plant Food + Wine. It was coming from the walk-in refrigerator, where spoiled sprouts, garlic and other vegetables had been left to fester after Kenney — an acclaimed vegan chef and cookbook author — closed the restaurant in May,” wrote the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday.
The LA Times article is a scathing report of Kenney’s restaurant empire that once spanned across the globe promoting plant-based foods.
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