Food, Connection, and Cultural Bridge-Building with Aashi Vel

In this episode of Soul of Travel, Season 6: Women's Wisdom + Mindful Travel, presented by @journeywoman_original, Christine hosts a soulful conversation with Aashi Vel.
Aashi Vel is the founder and CEO of Traveling Spoon, a company that is changing the future of travel by creating meaningful travel experiences. Traveling Spoon provides travelers with private, authentic food experiences, from homemade meals to cooking classes, with locals around the world. The company has been featured in the NY Times, TIME magazine and Forbes as the future of culinary tourism. Most importantly, the company has a meaningful impact, not only on travelers but also on their hosts that are enabled to become micro-entrepreneurs, earning an income doing what they love. An industrial designer and patent holder with a deep passion for problem-solving, Aashi has designed several award-winning products. She is a magna cum laude graduate of the Savannah College of Art & Design and received her MBA from UC Berkeley.
Christine and Aashi discuss:
· The power of food in connecting people, places, and cultures
· How she forms partnerships with community members to open their homes and share traditions and a meal
· Aashi’s work as an industrial designer and how it helps her work as CEO and founder of Traveling Spoon
Special gratitude to our partner for this episode, Explorer X and their newly launched Hero Travel Fund! If you’ve been dreaming of an extraordinary journey, one that takes you beyond the ordinary and into the heart of new cultures and perspectives, but the financial barriers have been holding you back, then the HTF is for you. Apply by 2/28: www.explorer-x....
Join Christine now for this soulful conversation with Aashi Vel.
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Learn more about Traveling Spon at www.travelings....
Connect with Aashi on your favorite social media network! Instagram / LinkedIn.
Special gratitude to our partner for this episode, Explorer X and their newly launched Hero Travel Fund! If you’ve been dreaming of an extraordinary journey, one that takes you beyond the ordinary and into the heart of new cultures and perspectives, but the financial barriers have been holding you back, then the HTF is for you. Apply by 2/28: www.explorer-x....
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Credits. Christine Winebrenner Irick (Host, creator, editor). Aashi Vel (Guest). Original music by Clark Adams. Editing, production, and content writing by Carly Oduardo.