Rachel Aronow
Running the line at a Michelin-starred restaurant. Running a consulting practice that’s generated $18M for client revenu. Somehow both. | James Beard · AI founder · 82% waste reduction
- Role
- Advisor at Viva Chefs
- Location
- Oakland, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Rachel Aronow
I showed up to the Perplexity AI Business Fellowship as the only person who introduces themselves by saying \"I reduce lettuce waste.\" CTOs. CPOs.PhDs. Finance people. And me. It worked out. I\'m Rachel Aronow - currently Executive Sous Chef at Nisei (1 Michelin star, San Francisco), founder of WasteWise AI, James Beard Rising Star semifinalist, and the person most likely to be thinking about fermenting herb stems and predicting produce demand with machine learning at the same time. I\'ve spent my career at the intersection of two things people assume can\'t coexist: Michelin-level kitchen precision and the kind of systems thinking that actually changes how food operations work at scale.$18M in client revenue. 82% average waste reduction. 150+ kitchens. 48 states. What I actually do: I walk into kitchens that are losing money in ways that don\'t show up cleanly on any dashboard - and I find out why. The food cost problem is usually a culture problem. The culture problem is usually a silence problem. And the silence usually has nothing to do with the food.(I\'ve been saying this in board presentations for years. CFOs find it uncomfortable at first. Then they forward it to their colleagues.) My work: → Culinary R&D & menu development — Michelin kitchen environments → Food tech product design & innovation — frameworks, AI tools, CPG pipelines→ Kitchen Profit Diagnostic — 30 days, flat rate, board-ready output → Free Restaurant AI Readiness Assessment → rachelaronow.com → Human Kitchen Leadership System — 3-month curriculum for culinary directors I write about all of this here three times a week. If you\'re a chef, a COO, or a food-tech founder, there\'s probably something in the feed for you. Michelin standards. Human industry.
Experience
Advisor
Feb 2025 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US
Education
Petaluma High School
General Education, Art/Art Studies, General
California State University, Chico
Bachelor of Science (BS), Political Science and Government
2007 — 2010
Skills
- Cuisine
- Catering
- Food & Beverage
- Customer Service
- Restaurant Management
- Wine & Spirits Industry
- Food Science
- Knife Skills
- Event Planning
- Chef
- Restaurants
- Culinary Skills
- Menu Development
- Sanitation
- Organic Farming
- Food Pairing
- Food Safety
- Research
- Molecular Gastronomy
- Bartending
- Food
- Pastry
- Microsoft Office
- Menu Engineering
- Butchery
- Cooking
- Culinary Management
- Culinary Education
- Food Quality
- Menu Costing
- Fine Dining
- Public Speaking
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