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Elle Russ chats with Seamus Mullen,\xa0an award-winning New York chef, restaurateur and cookbook author about his struggles with Rheumatoid Arthritis and his journey to complete healing through FOOD. \xa0An avid cyclist who raced competitively in his twenties, he was diagnosed in 2007 with rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease that forced him to rethink his relationship with food, and led to his first cookbook\xa0Hero Food, published in 2012. His second book\xa0Real Food Heals\xa0was released in 2017.\xa0 Through food, exercise and lifestyle changes,\xa0Seamus\xa0was able to successfully turn his health around.\xa0For 7 years now, Seamus has been off all RA medication and has no RA markers on his blood results! \xa0 \xa0 Seamus\xa0opened his first solo restaurant Tertulia\xa0in Manhattan in 2011, which was awarded two stars from The New York Times and was a finalist for the James Beard Foundation Award for Best New Restaurant. In 2013, he opened\xa0El Colmado\xa0a Spanish tapas and wine bar at Gotham West Market, a food hall in New York\u2019s Hell\u2019s Kitchen. His latest venture is fast-casual concept Whitley Bird & Greens.\xa0
After cooking throughout Spain, New York, and San Francisco,\xa0Seamus\xa0first rose to national prominence in 2006 with Boqueria, one of the first critically acclaimed and highly successful Spanish restaurants in New York. In 2009, he was one of three finalists on the Food Network\u2019s \u201cThe Next Iron Chef.\u201d He can often be seen as a featured judge on the popular Food Network series \u201cChopped\u201d and \u201cBeat Bobby Flay,\u201d and is a frequent guest on programs such as The Today Show, The Martha Stewart Show and CBS This Morning. \xa0

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Instagram, Facebook, Twitter: @seamusmullen\xa0

Website:\xa0www.seamusmullen.com