Oprah partners with True Food

Oprah Winfrey is lending her influence — and her money — to True Food Kitchen. The restaurant group announced that Winfrey is now a board member and minority investor in True Food Kitchen.

The details of Winfrey’s financial investment were not disclosed.

The addition of one of the world’s most influential female entrepreneurs to the team of Phoenix-based True Food Kitchen is part of a series of changes focused on expansion. CEO Christine Barone, hired in 2016 and formerly a senior vice president at Starbucks, said the company plans to double the number of True Food Kitchens in three years — from 23 to 40-some stores by the end of 2021.

True Food Kitchen is a restaurant that says it’s focused on “better living,” and its menus mark items that are glutenfree, vegetarian or vegan.