Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long been an adventurous eater. Now, he’s taking his taste buds on tour.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services has launched The Real Food Show in an effort to show Americans “how you can eat the highest-quality food in this country at a very, very affordable price.” In it, Kennedy travels across America, “connecting with renowned chefs” and cooking.
The YouTube show is part of RFK Jr.‘s “Make America Healthy Again” campaign, which in January saw HHS invert its long-touted Food Pyramid. The new paradigm promotes whole & unprocessed foods, proteins and healthy fats. The initiative puts red meat, chicken, cheese, vegetables and fruits at the top and grains like bread, cereal, rice and pasta at the bottom.
Lately, it sounds like the secretary is sticking close to the top of the new pyramid and eschewing selections from the bottom.
“I am on a carnivore diet. I only eat meat or fermented foods,” Kennedy told USA Today in January. Ferments include yogurt, kimchi sauerkraut and beer.
Kennedy has long espoused alternative eating styles. His presidential campaign in 2024 brought the revelation that he once had a brain-eating worm that may have come from consuming undercooked meat on an overseas trip. He also admitted that in 2014 he placed a roadkill bear cub in his car, intending to eat it. He later placed the carcass in Central Park, a stunt he thought would be “amusing” but instead prompted days of headlines and widespread concern over the mysterious origins and grisly demise of the animal. That same year, Kennedy revealed that eating such meats was a common practice for him. “I’ve been picking up roadkill my whole life,” he said, before adding that he owns a “freezer full of it.”
In his recent speech at the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, President Trump had some fun with Kennedy’s roadkill history.
“I hope that everyone finally got to enjoy their entire, very delicious beef tenderloin,” said Trump. “Very special beef. And I want you all to know that Bobby Kennedy, who’s right here, personally ran over the cow in his car.”
On the premiere episode of The Real Food Show, the secretary is joined by chef Andrew Gruel “to demonstrate that cooking with real, whole-food ingredients can be healthy, delicious, and affordable.” Gruel and Kennedy prepare crispy salmon cakes with apple, white bean & greens salad using “everyday ingredients that fit almost any budget.”
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