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Will Kevin Hart own the first national plant-based franchise?Will Kevin Hart own the first national plant-based franchise?

The plant-based restaurant wars get a new competitor

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

August 17, 2022

 

Welcome to First Bite, a Nation’s Restaurant News podcast, your daily source of news from NRN hosted by Holly Petre.

Today, we’re talking about Kevin Hart’s latest project, Hart House.

Actor and comedian Kevin Hart has entered the plant-based restaurant war with his newest project: Hart House.

The plant-based restaurant in Los Angeles is getting a dose of celebrity from Hart and the backing of legit restaurant folks including the former president of &pizza Andy Hooper and former Burger King chef Mike Salem.

Salem famously developed the Impossible Whopper, one of the first plant-based QSR menu items.

The hook of Hart House is that its proprietary meats are priced at a reasonable point so it’s affordable to everyone.

Here's editorial director Sam Oches with more on Hart House and its new CEO — Hooper.

Plus, catch up on all the top news of the day with our daily news recap at the beginning of each episode.

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About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a digital editor for Nation’s Restaurant News as well as the host of NRN’s podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Group’s other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

 

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