E.66 Loui Blake; Turning Plant-Based Changed His Life and Career Overnight

In my kitchen this week I am joined by Loui Blake who has pioneered the plant-based space since he turned Vegan nearly 10 years ago and has never looked back. Loui started off by working in the nightlife industry and also recruitment to which he then fell into some unhealthy habits which resulted in chronic fatigue and burnout. After researching many diets and ways of changing his lifestyle in order to have more energy he came across Dr. Sebi's Alkaline Plant-Based diet which he did for a month and has never looked back since.

After witnessing the results of the plant-based diet first hand Loui wanted to tell the world about how amazing he felt and in doing so he decided to re-direct is career to promoting the plant-based diet. This started with his first restaurant in Norwich called Erpingham House which was one of the first plant-based restaurants in the area, although a challenging journey it didn't put Loui off opening more restaurants in Norwich and London. Loui has founded Kalifornia Kitchen and Vegan Dough Co, as well as being a partner in by CHLOE.

Loui also has an impressive investment portfolio including brands such as Floozie, Club Cultured and his most recent investment into Miami Foods, to which he is now the CEO.

Miami Foods is an alternative protein brand which focuses on clean and natural ingredients, as quoted by Miami Foods, 'great tasting food, without the bad stuff'. After launching it in the UK Loui is now expanding into UAE as well as many other international markets.

As you can see Loui has quite the portfolio in the plant-based space and therefore this was a fascinating conversation where we covered the following topics:

• Life before turning Vegan
• Turning Vegan overnight and the way it made him feel
• His relationship with food
• Healthy Foods and what that means
• Opening his first Vegan restaurant, Epringham House in 2016
• His career in the plant-based space
• His experience as an investor
• What he looks for when investing into a brand
• Miami Foods and his journey to becoming the CEO
• The UAE and the plant-based industry
• His daily wellness practices
• Sleep

To find out where you can get your hands on Miami Food products head to https://www.miamifoods.co/

To get your hands on a copy of my e-book click the link https://greedyvegan.uk/products/simply-delicious-plant-based-dishes-to-make-you-eat-better-and-live-well

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