1:5: Adam Schlegel

Soil to Soul: Farming, Food, Wine, and our Collective Future, dedicated to exploring diverse voices and perspectives as they relate to farming, food, wine, and the future we’re working to build. Soil to Soul is brought to you by Bonterra Organic Estates and is hosted by Jess Baum, Bonterra’s Senior Director of Regenerative Impact.

Today’s guest is Adam Schlegel of Chook Chicken, a B Corp-certified fast casual restaurant in Denver dedicated to serving delicious, responsible food sourced from those that care for and respect our land.

Before that, Adam co-founded Snooze, an A.M. Eatery in 2006 with his brother Jon, a breakfast and lunch restaurant that has grown to 59 locations around the country, where he led development strategy and sustainable and community initiatives and remains involved today. Adam is also active with various non-profits, start-ups, and government organizations working to improve agriculture, education, and food.

Jess and Adam discuss the evolution of Snooze and Chook and how they’re providing sustainable sustenance at an affordable price, the reckoning the restaurant industry faced during and after the pandemic, and the most important part of running a restaurant: taking care of staff.