🎙️ Kitchen Rags to Riches: The Podcast Redefining Success in Food & Hospitality

The food world taught me that the only way up was through the kitchen. Long hours, low pay, and the dream of one day “making it.”

I lived that dream and outgrew it.

I’m Imrun Texeira, an award-winning chef with 16+ years in top restaurants around the world, including the 3-Michelin-starred Noma. I competed on Top Chef Canada and Chopped Canada.

But after all that… I walked away from restaurants.

Now I’m on a mission to explore what success in food can look like beyond the kitchen.

🎯 Why I Started This Podcast

Over the last few years, I’ve spoken to thousands of students and young pros. They love food, but don’t always want to spend their life on the line. No one had told them about the real opportunities available in tech, media, content, wellness, brand-building, investing, and beyond.

So I built Kitchen Rags to Riches as a blueprint.
To inspire, educate, and shortcut the journey for the next generation.

🎧 What You’ll Hear

Every episode, I sit down with industry leaders doing the unexpected:

• Chefs turned entrepreneurs

• Foragers, content creators, tech founders

• Not just people making money but meaning in hospitality, without burning out

They’ll share their real journeys so you can carve yours faster and smarter.

💡 Who It’s For

• Chefs ready to pivot

• Culinary students exploring new paths

• Food lovers of all ages looking to break in

• Anyone hungry for a richer life in hospitality, one built on passion, purpose, and possibility

🚀 Be Part of the Movement

This podcast is more than content — it’s a career accelerator and community for future leaders in food.

🔗 Follow @kitchenrags2riches
🎧 Launching soon on Spotify, Apple & more

Let’s build the future of food, beyond the pass.