05 : Gastronomic Philosophy - Guest ・ Chef // Ola Szwałek [Part.2]

＊This episode is released in two parts.Listen to the first half on the previous episode.

In this episode, Momo, the host of this channel and founder of CORNER, a city guide for creatives, speaks with Ola Szwałek, a Polish independent chef based in Tokyo.

Momo graduated from the Master in New Food Thinking at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in fall 2025, and together they explore what food can mean to us from many different perspectives, with a global outlook on how we live with food.

In this conversation, we talk about:

• Ola’s  journey [From private meals to refugee centers to where she is now]

・Food as a visual tool but could be skeptical

・Nances and identities with food

・Local vs global

・Cost of food experience

• Food scene in Tokyo [Convivial setting in Tokyo] [the distance between chef and recipient] [ No art galleries with kitchen?]

◼︎CORNER City Guide for Creatives

https://www.instagram.com/corner_cityguide/

◼︎Host // Momo

Founder and creator of CORNER

https://www.instagram.com/peaxh/

◼︎Guest // Ola Szwałek

A Polish independent chef based in Tokyo.

https://www.instagram.com/olaszwalek/

◼︎University of Gastronomic Sciences

https://shorturl.at/tBC3W