Premonitions, Paris Kitchens, and a B12 Breakthrough (Ft Vikki Krinsky)

When was the last time you got quiet enough to hear what your life is already telling you?

What powers your best decisions—hustle or quiet? Chef-founder and former actor Vikki Krinsky shares how she turned premonition-level intuition, elite-client kitchen experience, and stubborn resilience into VK Bars, a clean B12 energy bar now landing in luxury hotels—without venture money. From a life-altering choice at 15 to follow her inner signal, to staging in Europe, to cooking for A-listers, to saying “no” to additives and “yes” to athletes, Vikki shows how to stack wins, slow down, and let feelings inform execution. 

Show Notes

00:00 – Who is Vikki? “Fuel” as a life theme; movement, mind, and food as energy.

02:00 – Immigrating S. Africa → Canada; early journaling; adversity shaping drive.

04:30 – Premonitions as a kid; learning to nurture intuition.

07:00 – Pivotal choice at 15: soccer scholarship dreams vs. TV pilot—listening to guidance.

10:30 – Industry pressure to get “camera-ready”; shifting into nutrition & training.

13:30 – Walking away from acting; backpacking to Paris; invited to stage in elite kitchens.

18:00 – Self-taught path, asking for a shot in Swiss & Spanish kitchens.

22:00 – Back to LA: Equinox → first celeb client; learning by doing (and owning mistakes).

24:00 – Her real edge: empathy + energy with talent under body-image pressure.

26:00 – Underpaid → create the VK Method → A-List Appetite food delivery.

29:00 – Quiet practices: “staring at walls,” micro-pauses, best-case intention setting.

37:00 – “Stack the wins” as fuel.

38:00 – Cooking for Seth MacFarlane; caffeine problem → B12 exploration.

40:00 – Prototyping energy bites on set; cold-calling manufacturers.

41:00 – Everyone says “don’t do it” → she does it anyway; 2020 launch, pause, reformulate.

42:00 – Clean label differentiators (rosemary as preservative; no “natural flavors”).

43:00 – Door-to-door selling; wins with Four Seasons, Bel-Air, Rosewood; bootstrapping grit.

45:00 – New nudge: fueling female athletes with real ingredients.

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