Sarno is co-founder of Wicked Kitchen, a plant-based website that he co-founded with his brother Chad. Sarno was Director of Plant Based Innovation atTesco.[1][2] In 2023, he stepped down as Director.[3]
He is also co-founding a plant-based seafood company Good Catch Foods,[4] and he was previously Senior Global Executive Chef of Recipe and Product Development atWhole Foods Market.[5] He participated in the 2016 Seed Food and Wine Fest in Miami, including using mushrooms to "taste, and even feel, like your favorite meaty meals" according toMen's Journal.[6][7]
In his role at Tesco, where vegetarian and vegan product sales increased 25% from 2016 to 2017, Sarno helped to develop their plant-based food options, such as by doubling the vegetarian and vegan entreés of their 2017 Christmas product line.[8][2][9][10]
He argues that "the approach that will win" for plant-based food is increasing its availability and convenience, especially in the UK, which he believes lags behind the US. He also wants less emphasis on the "vegan" label, given vegans make up a small minority of the population, and instead he wants focus on "food that's good for everyone."[11] He and his brother use their blog to advocate for an "80% healthy, 20% wicked" diet as an accessible, durable way to stay healthy.[1]
In 2023,Tasting Table named Sarno as one of the "21 Plant-Based Chefs You Need To Know,"[12] andVegNews listed him as one of the "37 Creative Chefs Crafting the Future of Vegan Food."[13]
The Whole Foods Cookbook: 120 Delicious and Healthy Plant-Centered Recipes (with Alona Pulse MD, Matthew Lederman MD,John Mackey (businessman) and Chad Sarno, Grand Central/Hachette, 2018)
