About three years ago, Frankie Celenza says he ran out of ideas.
The Emmy Award-winning chef had just completed nine back-to-back seasons of his popular Tastemade show “Struggle Meals” — a concept that was born out of his time as a student at NYU, hoping to teach other students how to eat and cook well while living on a budget — and says he didn’t know where to take the show next. The well of inspiration had run dry; a problem he sees with many food creators in the era of fast-paced social media and instant gratification.
