Sommelier extraordinaire Kate Christensen shares how her and husband Mal became the powerhouse duo of the super successful food & wine pop-ups internationally. Along with her passion for wine, she is also is a yin yoga lover, teacher and business owner. We chat about their philanthropy work raising funds for mental health and Mal’s journey through his own challenges with mental health.

My podcast with Kate is a little lengthy but one that is definitely worth a listen. I was truly astounded at the level of experience and philanthropy work that her and Mal have been doing.

Not only have they both travelled the world running financially successful restaurant pop-ups, they have focused the journey on all the right ethics = sustainable, supporting local communities and farmers. To the point that Mal would not serve two fish dishes one evening because the local fisherman was unable to catch some that day. He could have gone and purchased some to pull off the dishes but stuck to his morals of supporting the farmers and decided not to serve those two dishes that evening.