On this episode of Rhodes to Success, I interview Ronsley Vaz, who is the chief food sharer at Bond Appetit, a company that unites people over food. He is the host of Australia’s number one food podcast on iTunes and the author of the upcoming book Fuel: Uniting Peak Performers Over Food. During the show, we discuss sharing meals, entrepreneurs and gratitude, essentialism, podcasting, and ‘soapboxisodes.’
Main Questions Asked:
- Talk about sharing food and the impact that has on families and relationships.
- How did you come to take Bond Appetit and niche it to entrepreneurs?
- What bad habits and traits do you see with the entrepreneurs you cook for that are holding them back?
- Talk about podcasting, what it has done for your business, and how you’re leveraging it.
- Tell us about Podcast Revolution.
Key Lessons Learned:
Meet Ronsley
- Ronsley cooks for entrepreneurs and provides them food, but sees it more as a service to provide time.
- He has been cooking professionally for more than nineteen years and started to run his own fresh food restaurants specializing in uniquely flavored food.
- Ronsley focuses on entrepreneurs and people who are high achievers but don’t have the time, mental space, or energy to focus on cooking and eating well.
Sharing Meals
- The importance of sharing can be seen with the move toward the sharing economy. E.g. Uber, AirBnB.
- We forget the connection made around the table when sharing a meal with someone.
- When sharing a meal, it is important to keeping the distractions away and keeping the conversation focused on each other.
- When we stop to eat, our body gets ready to digest.
- Based on a study of families that ate together at least once per week, there was no sign of depression with teenage kids in the family.
Entrepreneurs and Gratitude
- High achieving entrepreneurs often write daily in a gratitude journal.
