My Story Vault: Discerning the Ingredients of Good Work with Chef Peter Carvelli
Episode Summary:
Peter Carvelli is a lawyer, James Beard SemiFinalist Chef, restaurant owner, music lover and curator of unique dining experiences. The following conversation with Chef Pete reveals how his background, mental model and balanced thinking led to burning the bridges to set the table for us, at Foglia, his plant based eatery.
Chef Pete Carvelli’s journey to becoming a James Beard Foundation Semifinalist is anything but conventional. From experimenting with film development and storytelling as a journalist to practicing ethical lawyering, his path has always been guided by a strong sense of purpose. But when the call to the culinary world became undeniable, he left it all behind to go all in—founding Foglia, a plant-based fine dining restaurant that has quickly gained national recognition. In this episode, he reflects on the mindset, risk-taking, and creativity that shaped his career and set the table for a whole new approach to food.
Links:
Berkshire Innovation Center Accelerator Program
https://www.berkshireinnovationcenter.com/accelerator-program
Chef Pete Carvelli’s Restaurant, Foglia:
https://fogliabristol.com/
Narrative Research Group
https://narrativeresearchgroup.org/
For more information or to share a question or insight, please email Shannon [at] narrativeresearchgroup [dot] org
Contributors:
Dr. Dennis Rebelo, Chef Peter Carvelli, Ben Sonse, Nate Christy, Shannon Rebelo, PJ Moynihan & Jordan Callahan
Produced by: Nate Christy
Keywords:
#Entrepreneurship, #career, #story, #lifestory, #narrative, #restaurant, #culinarycareers, #foodbusiness, #chef, #plantbased, #vegan, #sustainable, #community, #creative, #personaldevelopment, #meaningfulwork, #JamesBeardFoundation