Quick one. My team tells me we actually have very few reviews relative to the weekly audience

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I had met who was going to be my fiance, Amanda, and Amanda and I got engaged. I was in my

mid-30s. She was a little bit younger than me. She at the time was training horses and teaching

horses that had to do dressage. She was an amazing model as well. Super beautiful and super

kind, and we got along really well and we transitioned from that farm. I ended up opening another

restaurant. I'll just be really brief about it. Amanda and I got engaged. She was killed

shortly after in a car accident and then from there, like I kind of lost my shit. I've

lost other people in my life. I've lost my sister, I've lost my uncles and cousins and grandparents.

I've lost a lot of people. I've lost my best friend. It's different when you lose your mate.

That's Derek Sano and this is the Proof Podcast.

This week's guest on the Plant Proof Podcast is Chef Derek Sano. You may have seen Derek's

amazingly beautiful food creations on Instagram. He is one half of the wicked healthy team,

along with his brother, Chad Sano. In this podcast, Derek very kindly invited me over to

his house to cook for me and put on a huge spread of food. Certainly lived up to the expectations

that I had from looking at the food that he posts. I could really, really tell. He's

just so passionate about cooking. He really is a passion for him. It's not a job and I think

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