81. Matthew Jozwiak — Founder and executive director of Rethink Food

Former Eleven Madison Park Chef de Partie Matt Jozwiak started Rethink Food in 2016, and has spent almost half his life working in the food industry. The company is a nonprofit start-up based in New York which repurposes food waste to distribute as free (or low-cost) meals to those in need.

It was Jozwiak's background in the world of fine-dining that showed him just how wasteful the industry can be, and he wanted to do something about it. He and his team now collect unused, high-quality food from restaurants around NYC, providing businesses with an in-kind tax credit for their donations, and processing that extra food into healthy meals that are distributed to food banks around the city.