Kitchen Confessions with Mary Mammoliti

Mary Mammoliti—a culinary expert who is legally blind and knows her way around the kitchen! She is a speaker, disability advocate, TV and Podcast host, and the founder of Kitchen Confession, an online resource for easy, accessible and flavourful meals. Mary’s journey began when her eye condition - Retinitis Pigmentosa progressed and her eyesight deteriorated. Mary went from a career in finance to learning how to live life with vision loss.

Born in Toronto and raised in a southern-Italian home, food was at the centre of everything; for Mary it’s an expression of love. Mary believes that "Food heals us, unites us, and some of the most important conversations happen around a kitchen table." So Mary began to heal, by creating one recipe at a time. At a point in her life when she felt the most vulnerable and helpless, cooking helped her regain her independence, and a renewed happiness. When she was in the kitchen - She was free from worry that the condition was robbing her of sight. “Food is Empowering!” - one of the many reasons Mary uses food to help others.

Mary’s media appearances include The Marilyn Denis Show, Breakfast Television, Global News, Global TV’s The Morning Show, and more. She’s been published in Refinery29 “Are You Blind?” Navigating A Socially Distanced World With A Visual Impairment, featured in The Kit, and works on numerous brand Collaborations, speaking engagements for the CNIB, AMI, eSight and more.

In April 2018 the Kitchen Confession Podcast was born and is now an AMI Original Podcast - where she interviews some … Read More