How Foodom Is Transforming Healthcare: Chef-Powered Food as Medicine

What if health plans could cover in-home chef services to improve patient outcomes? In this episode, James Maskell sits down with Renata Jenik, founder of Foodom.com, to explore how her company is pioneering a powerful new model of food as medicine—one that’s already being covered by insurance.

Renata shares her personal journey from overwhelmed working mom struggling with PCOS and insulin resistance to entrepreneur with a mission to redefine healthcare through culinary empowerment. What started as a personal solution—hiring a chef to prepare healthy meals for her family—evolved into a scalable program now contracted by health plans like Anthem to serve Medicaid patients in Sacramento County.

Unlike traditional meal delivery, Foodom sends trained chefs into patients’ homes every two weeks to cook nourishing meals and teach basic culinary skills. It’s a powerful model rooted in sustainability and empowerment.

Tune in to learn about:

• How a personal health crisis sparked a revolutionary business idea
• Why health plans like Anthem are paying for in-home chef services
• The key differences between meal delivery and chef-led culinary education
• The challenges and solutions of scaling food-as-medicine at the community level
• Why El Dorado County is emerging as a hub for healthspan innovation
• And so much more!

If you're interested in the intersection of culinary care, health equity, and scalable functional medicine delivery, this is a must-listen.