Join Anjelli in this uplifting conversation with Ivars Rutkovskis – founder of Nata Cafe in Riga, Latvia. Nata Cafe is a small vegan cafe and a food brand located in Riga's city center in the same building as a dance school and it is loved by kids and their parents who come to eat before or after the dance classes. Get to know the Ivars and Nata Cafe’s story from professional bartenders career, lifestyle changes after switching to veganism and quitting alcohol, to creating a vegan cafe and turning it into a food brand that provides meat and fish substitutes which taste surprises vegans, non-vegans and professional chefs alike.
Check out Nata Cafe here – https://natacafe.lv/
0:31 Introduction to Nata Cafe and Ivars background
3:20 On perception about veganism in Riga, Latvia and cafe’s growth
5:55 Who are Nata Cafe’s customers?
7:20 How many vegan restaurants are in Riga?
8:13 Who creates the food menu?
9:42 Ivars move to Ibiza and switch to veganism
11:38 How long did it take to fully switch to veganism? And the importance of educating people about it
13:08 On Ivars passion to share his knowledge with people
14:37 Changes in health after switching to veganism
15:28 On Nata Cafe’s customer reaction to their food
17:03 On Ivars catering business
18:50 Ivars family and friends reaction to his lifestyle changes
20:16 Food in Nata Cafe and the idea to start a food brand and its products
24:45 Chia caviar and creativity with a team
26:06 Soyshlyk as meat alternative and how people react to it
32:41 Current challenges in times of energy crisis and plans for the future
36:30 On plans to expand Nata products to the world and criticism to other food brands in supermarkets
40:21 What keeps you going?
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