Favorite Food: Anything Shared with The People I Love
Kristen Thibeault is a chef, author, speaker, and pioneer of the modern plant-forward food movement. A nationally recognized chef, Kristen founded the first plant-based meal delivery company in the country and went on to lead one of the most innovative corporate meal providers nationwide. Serving over 50,000 nutritious meals a month, Kristen is a leading authority on healthy eating and performance enhancing cuisine to drive peak performance.
Kristen is a certified sports nutritionist and studied Nutritional Science at Stanford University. She is trained in Ayurvedic and Macrobiotic cooking and holds her French culinary degree from Le Cordon Bleu. A stage-3, double cancer survivor, Kristen credits her plant-based diet for her recovery and a second chance at life.
Her client list includes Dancing with the Stars, The Voice, Netflix, HBO, CBS, Fox, Warner Brothers, Disney, Wynn Resorts, The NFL, LA Lakers, The Dodgers, The Golden State Warriors, LA Clippers, Anaheim Ducks, New England Patriots, SF Giants, The Raiders, Salesforce, Amazon, Virgin, Twitch, Zoox, The World Wildlife Foundation to name a few.
Chef Kristen served as Executive Chef at The Four Seasons’ San Francisco where she opened the first plant-focused restaurant inside the esteemed 4-star hotel brand. In 2013, Chef Kristen won the prestigious title of San Pellegrino Almost Famous Chef, having competed against 450 chefs with the first-ever vegan dish.
In 2015, Kristen launched NIBLL serving Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Las Vegas. “We focus on high performance food for extraordinary people,” noted Thibeault. “We are redefining what healthy food looks like and have turned an industry on its head. I call it stealth health.”
Kristen also consults with numerous innovative food companies including Earthbar, Purple Carrot and North Coast Seafood. A frequent speaker on the topics of wellness, nutrition, and the power of food and lifestyle to heal and transform individuals and organizations, Kristen has authored and facilitates retreats, workshops and nutritional programs including S.E.L.F. 468, Body Breakthrough supporting weight loss and improve healthspan.
Her cookbook, “Salt + Char” was published in 2021. She’s currently working on her second book, “Eat as if Your Life Depends on It.”
In 2023 Kristen launched Nibll.edu with the vision of transforming school lunch programs to embrace healthier, plant forward options that boost focus, attention and energy. Nibll.edu currently serves over 3,000 meals daily in California and Nevada. Nibll.edu has cracked the code and changed the face of school lunch.
Guided by a passion to end the growing food inequity in our country, Chef Thibeault founded The Patra Project in 2016, a non-profit 501c3 that gives at-risk children and their families access to healthy food in urban food deserts through a meal for a meal program.
Kristen first learned about the power of plants and sustainability in 1991 from the late founder of The Body Shop, Anita Roddick, while sitting at her kitchen counter in Littlehampton, England. Years later, a macrobiotic dinner with Richard Gere and Robert Thurman, discussing Tibetan Buddhism and the principles of non-harming, would open her eyes to the principles she employs today. In 1994, she co-hosted a plant-based dinner party for Sting and Trudie Styler in honor of their work helping indigenous peoples through The Rainforest Foundation Fund. As Global Education Director for Aveda, she deepened her experience in the fields of health, wellness and the power of plants to heal.
Kristen lives on a small ranch in Southern California with her husband and Nibll co-founder Keven, her two sons Zander and Zacheo and a menagerie of 4 legged friends.
