A. Driando Ahnan-Winarno
Amadeus Driando Ahnan-Winarno, PhD (a.k.a "The Tempeh Doctor") is a food sciencepreneur and activist with a life mission of giving more people access to nutritious, sustainable, and affordable foods. He innovates on and promotes tempeh fermentation, which originated in Indonesia 400+ years ago. In 2014, he co-founded the world's largest tempeh network, the Indonesian Tempe Movement. In 2018, Dr. Driando co-founded the UK's leading tempeh brand, Better Nature. Since pursuing his PhD in Food Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and now his MBA at the University of Oxford, he has received 33 national and international awards for his works in tempeh fermentation, food science, entrepreneurship, and science communication. He first-authored "The Tempeh Bible" i.e. the world's most updated manuscript on tempeh and tempeh fermentation. He has invented 4 patents and launched 10 products in the EU market. To further promote tempeh, he has run 5 out of the 6 World Major Marathons.