GFGM’s founder Nina Green combines plant based wisdom with bountiful, contemporary flavours, ancient Ayurvedic principles, her family roots in German herbalism and Greek cuisine and open fire cooking all in an attempt to bring closer the fundamental meaning of food as life force, nourishment and simply seeks for what the heart truly beats.
Nina’s academic background spans from Linguistics, Museum Studies to Anthropology. After years of working in the contemporary arts AND becoming a mother of three, Nina actively embarked on her culinary journey. She completed her professional Ayurvedic chef training at the European Academy of Ayurveda - with further somatic teachings by Dr. Vasant Lad and Ethnobotanic Studies in collaboration with ethnobotanists and herbalists. Her many years of fire cooking and extensive culinary research have deepened her appreciation for indigenous and ancient food practices which she actively puts into her own contemporary practice.
As an ethnobotanic chef, Nina loves connecting with plants and people through food, sharing life’s true gifts that are taken with minimal suffering and offering plates upon plates of edible joy.