Sitting in nursing school 5 years ago at Belmont University, Ryan Reisdorf built the Placemat brand.  He believed connecting healthy food with genuine hospitality was the solution for better health and overall healthcare sustainability. He found chefs who shared the same passion for healthy foods and began making unforgettable meal experiences from scratch in guests kitchens.

Class after class, clinical after clinical, he listened and learned and kept coming back to a question of what we could do to prevent diseases and conditions and why that was not more strongly emphasized. His professors, it seemed, didn’t always welcome this inquisitiveness. Ryan continued to push and became more and more stirred by the idea of prevention instead of treatment.

Today, Placemat serves everyone; from the A-list celebrity, professional athlete, next door neighbor, at-risk students, patients leaving the hospital and people experiencing homelessness. Everyone deserves a healthy, happy, home-cooked meal.