CHEF ADIA SHANEE PRESENTS
BACK TO OUR ROOTS
A fresh start begins before the new year.
Real food. Real flavor. A fresh perspective.
A plant-forward culinary experience inviting you to rediscover what the earth has to offer, one delicious meal at a time.The Story
Back to Our Roots is an invitation to rediscover our relationship with food, one delicious meal at a time.
I’ve experienced vegan, vegetarian, and different approaches to eating throughout my life. Through it all, I’ve learned how wonderful I can feel when plants become the foundation of my plate.
As a classically trained chef, I believe vegetables, roots, legumes, grains, herbs, and seasonal ingredients deserve the same creativity and attention we give any exceptional meal.
This isn’t about becoming vegan or following another restrictive diet.
It’s about reconnecting with ingredients, discovering incredible flavors, and learning what’s possible when we rethink the way we cook.
You don’t have to give up everything you love. You simply have to be willing to try something new.
What If Meat Wasn’t the Main Event?
What could your favorite comfort food become with plants at the center? Explore how vegetables, roots, legumes, grains, and herbs can bring depth, texture, and flavor to familiar dishes. We’ll practice kitchen skills, discover more ways to use ingredients, and cook creatively with what’s available.
The 21-Day Fresh Start
Proposed kickoff: November 16, 2026.
A three-week culinary experience led by Chef Adia Shanee.
Week 1: Return to the Roots
Explore ingredients and pantry essentials.
Week 2: Rethink Your Plate
Reimagine familiar meals with plants at the center.
Week 3: Rooted for the Future
Build practical cooking and meal-planning habits.
The Guided Fresh Start
Recipes, meal-planning guidance, practical culinary education, and weekly virtual group experiences.
The Chef-Prepared Fresh Start
Includes the guided experience plus five chef-prepared plant-forward meals each week, fulfilled by Urth’s Table.
Express your interest to hear when participation details are available.
I’m interested in Back to Our Roots
In the Kitchen with Chef Adia
Upcoming cooking demonstrations, signature recipes, educational videos, and television segments will bring this movement into the kitchen.
Developing culinary concepts
The Rooted Bolognese
The Harvest Bowl
The Nourish Bowl
These concepts are in development. Recipes, menus, and imagery will be shared as they are finalized.
A Plant-Forward Experience for Your Table
Plant-based menus are available by request for private cooking experiences, Ladies’ Night In, celebrations, and group events. Let’s plan an experience around your guests, tastes, and occasion.
Inquire about a private experience
Our Culinary Fulfillment Partner
Back to Our Roots is created and presented by Chef Adia Shanee. Urth’s Table is the participating chef-prepared meal partner for the Chef-Prepared Fresh Start.
Media & Collaborations
Producers, television programs, organizations, and culinary partners: connect with Chef Adia Shanee about cooking demonstrations, media segments, culinary education, and collaboration opportunities.
CHEF ADIA SHANEE PRESENTS
BACK TO
OUR ROOTS™
A fresh start begins before the new year.
Real food. Real flavor. A fresh perspective.
A plant-forward culinary experience inviting you to rediscover what the earth has to offer, one delicious meal at a time.
What Is Back to Our Roots?
Back to Our Roots is Chef Adia Shanee’s signature culinary movement: an invitation to reconnect with real food, rediscover plant-forward possibilities, and bring people together through flavor and community.
The campaign brings together local collaborations, culinary storytelling, plant-forward demonstrations, and community participation. A Community Passport and the 21-Day Fresh Start are developing experiences within the campaign.
Why I’m Creating It
I’ve experienced vegan, vegetarian, and different approaches to eating throughout my life. Through it all, I’ve learned how wonderful I can feel when plants become the foundation of my plate.
As a classically trained chef, I want to share the creativity, flavor, and possibilities in vegetables, roots, legumes, grains, herbs, and seasonal ingredients. I’m creating Back to Our Roots to help people discover more options, reconnect with what the earth offers, and experience plant-forward food for themselves.
What If Plants Took Center Stage?
What else could be on your plate? Familiar meals can take on new flavor when we explore vegetables, legumes, grains, herbs, and seasonal ingredients. You do not have to become vegan or vegetarian to discover more possibilities.
Beans, lentils, chickpeas, grains, nuts, seeds, vegetables, and roots offer many possibilities for meals. Back to Our Roots brings those possibilities to the table through food, flavor, and firsthand experience.
How Can I Get Involved?
Explore your community: Connect with Chef Adia about community participation and the planned free Community Passport. Participating businesses and launch details will be announced when confirmed.
Experience the food: Express your interest in the 21-Day Fresh Start, with chef-prepared plant-forward food and juice. Dates and fulfillment details will be confirmed before enrollment opens.
Partner with Chef Adia: Connect about participating as a business, hosting a private experience, or collaborating on a media segment or event.
A COMMUNITY INITIATIVE BY CHEF ADIA SHANEE
The Community Passport
A planned two-week community experience. Launch dates to be announced.
Back to Our Roots begins in our community. The planned passport will invite participants to discover local businesses, connect with the people behind them, and collect completed stops.
The planned passport experience
- Visit a participating business and complete its listed passport activity.
- Receive your completion code from the business while you are there.
- Enter the code in your participant account in the app. A validated code adds a green checkmark to that stop and unlocks the business’s participation reward.
- Complete every required stop during the announced participation period to qualify for the planned drawing, subject to the final published rules.
Each participating business will provide a reward for its verified stop. Offers and any redemption conditions will be listed as businesses are confirmed.
Complete your passport. Enter the drawing.
Everyone who completes all required stops by the deadline will enter the same drawing after the passport closes. Finishing first does not give you an advantage.
The grand prize will include five plant-based meals from Chef Adia Shanee, with additional contributions from participating businesses announced when confirmed.
Participating locations, activities, rewards, and full drawing details will be shared before registration opens. Digital code entry, completion checkmarks, and reward unlocking are planned for the app. Registration and code entry are not open yet.
The 21-Day Fresh Start
Dates to be confirmed before enrollment opens.
A three-week plant-forward experience with food and juice provided by Chef Adia Shanee, fulfilled through Urth’s Table.
Experience plant-forward eating through chef-prepared food and juice, with vegetables, roots, legumes, grains, herbs, and seasonal ingredients at the center. Discover how satisfying and flavorful a different approach to your plate can be.
$395 per person for the complete three-week experience.
Each participant receives five small plant-forward meals and three juices per week for three weeks: fifteen small meals and nine juices in total. Complete the inquiry form below to express your interest.
A Plant-Forward Experience for Your Table
Plant-based menus are available by request for private cooking experiences, Ladies’ Night In, celebrations, and group events. Let’s plan an experience around your guests, tastes, and occasion.
Inquire about a private experience
Our Culinary Fulfillment Partner
Back to Our Roots is created and presented by Chef Adia Shanee. Urth’s Table is the participating culinary fulfillment partner for the 21-Day Fresh Start, providing the food and juice prepared by Chef Adia.
Media & Collaborations
Producers, television programs, organizations, and culinary partners: connect with Chef Adia Shanee about cooking demonstrations, media segments, culinary education, and collaboration opportunities.
Inquire About the 21-Day Fresh Start
Share your details below and Chef Adia will follow up about participation. This is an inquiry, not a confirmed enrollment or payment.