Matthew Kenney Cuisine will be launching Woodblock, a plant-based Japanese concept offering a select assortment of sushi rolls along with vegetables and bowls in San Francisco this Summer. The menu will include innovative variations on traditional dishes.
Woodblock will operate out of the same space as BAIA, a plant-based Italian food concept also by the Matthew Kenney Cuisine team. Both BAIA and Woodblock are collaborations between celebrity chef Matthew Kenney and Kyle and Tracy Vogt.
A few menu highlights include:
● ASPARAGUS TEMPURA, SPICY PONZU
● TRUFFLE EXPLOSION ROLL, CUCUMBER, MARINATED SHIITAKE, TRUFFLE AIOLI
● SPICY TUNA ROLL, AHIMI, CUCUMBER, AVOCADO
● KATSU CURRY BOWL, PICKLES, RICE
BAIA is set to open August 1st, with Woodblock available soon for takeout and delivery for a limited time.
About Matthew Kenney
Matthew Kenney is one of the world’s first leading chefs at the forefront of plant based cuisine, an author of 12 cookbooks and a best-selling memoir, a culinary educator and CEO of Matthew Kenney Cuisine, a multifaceted company specializing in plant-based living throughout several unique markets.
Matthew Kenney graduated from the French Culinary Institute and, after working in upscale New York City kitchens, opened a number of his own highly regarded restaurants in New York and along the East Coast. He has earned several awards, including being named one of America’s Best New Chefs by Food and Wine Magazine and was twice nominated as a Rising Star Chef in America by the James Beard Foundation. Kenney has appeared on numerous food and talk shows, and regularly lectures on the subject of food and health, including a highly watched TEDx talk in 2011.
About Kyle Vogt
Kyle Vogt is the Co-Founder and CTO at Cruise, the self-driving car company that is currently using its fleet of self-driving cars to deliver thousands of meals for SF food banks in response to COVID-19. Before founding Cruise in 2013, Kyle was a co-founder at Twitch, the leading live-streaming platform for gamers.
Kyle is dedicated to improving animal welfare, environmental issues, and public health by making delicious plant-based food attractive and readily available, starting with BAIA and Woodblock in the Bay Area. Kyle also advances these causes by funding food-tech companies like Memphis Meats, Alpine Roads, and Wild Type, and via his philanthropic efforts which include funding the award-winning Game Changers documentary and supporting Charlie’s Acres, a farm animal sanctuary in Sonoma run by Tracy Vogt.
