Matthew Kenney is an American celebrity chef, entrepreneur, author, and educator specializing in plant-based cuisine.

[8] Kenney, partner Sarma Melngailis and investor Jeffrey Chodorow in 2004 opened a vegan restaurant, Pure Food and Wine, in New York City.

[3] In 2012, he moved the renamed Matthew Kenney Culinary Academy to Santa Monica, California, and relocated his company to Los Angeles.

[18] In 2019, Matthew Kenney Cuisine opened an all-vegan food hall Plant City in Providence, Rhode Island.

[8] As of 2024, multiple lawsuits that allege fraud, illegal labor practices, harassment, or failing to pay creditors, landlords, and employees, have been filed against Kenney and his companies in at least nine states.