Today we’d like to introduce you to Montre Bennett.
Hi Montre , so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
Montre Bennett is a visionary chef, community advocate, and mindfulness leader based in Delray Beach, Florida. He is widely recognized for combining culinary arts with social activism to promote holistic healing within his community.Key Roles & Initiatives
3 Demetrie’s Eatery: He is the founder and owner of this home-based business, which focuses on fresh ingredients and “food for the soul”. It is particularly famous for its lemon pepper wings and hot soups. Founded to honor my late Cousin Serge D. Gaspard Jr.(4/9/86-2/10/2003, My late son Malachi D. Bennett(4/9/10-2/18/2013) and to create a way for my loving son Khary D. Bennett (11/19/2015-present)
Community Leadership: Bennett serves as the President of the Delray Beach Heights HOA and a Block Captain for the Northwest Community Improvement. He is a passionate advocate for “The Set”, the historical name of his local neighborhood.Holistic Wellness: He facilitates Holistic Wellness Circles and collaborates with organizations like Green the Church to promote mindfulness and the idea of “healing the whole self”—mind, body, and spirit.Civic Engagement: An alumnus of the AmeriCorps VISTA program, he sits on multiple boards, including the Roots Cultural Festival and Soil & Soul.Food & Lifestyle His culinary work often intersects with his activism, such as hosting “Sunday Dinner on a Thursday” events to foster community conversation and support for families. He frequently participates in local initiatives like the “Get Your Green On” mental health awareness campaign.
Montre Bennett is what happens when a meditation retreat, a thunderstorm, and a motivational speech all collide and refuse to apologize.
Founder of 3 Demetrie’s Eatery dba Kingdombuilding87 Healing, Montre doesn’t “do” healing sessions—he orchestrates spiritual plot twists. One minute you’re breathing, the next minute you’re confronting your entire life, your childhood, your diet, and that one decision you made in 2014 that “wasn’t a big deal” (it was). His approach blends mindfulness, nature, and just enough existential pressure to make your soul sit up straight and take notes.
Raised by experience, refined by introspection, and powered by a relentless belief that people can actually change (whether they like it or not), Montre operates somewhere between grounded wisdom and beautifully controlled chaos. He’ll have you journaling like your life depends on it, gardening like the earth personally asked you to, and questioning whether peace has been inside you this whole time just waiting for you to stop playing.
He doesn’t just guide transformation—he drags it out into the open, gives it tea, and makes you talk to it.
Equal parts calm presence and spiritual instigator, Montre Bennett is not here to fix you.
He’s here to remind you that you were never as “together” or as “lost” as you thought—and somehow, that’s exactly where the real work begins.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
I’m what happens when survival finally turns into purpose.
Everything I’ve built came from experience — not theory. I didn’t wake up one day magically healed or enlightened. I had to fight through confusion, pressure, isolation, disappointment, emotional chaos, and moments where I had to completely rebuild who I thought I was. Somewhere along the way, I realized healing isn’t just personal — it’s communal.
That realization changed my life.
I stopped separating myself into categories. The spiritual side of me, the community side of me, the creative side of me, the leader, the healer, the man still learning — all of it became one ecosystem. That’s how Kingdombuilding87 Healing was born. Not as a business, but as an extension of my lived experience.
I believe healing can happen through breathwork, mindfulness, nutrition, gardening, conversation, accountability, nature, and simply being seen without judgment. I believe people need spaces where they can breathe again. Real spaces. Honest spaces. Human spaces.
A lot of my work comes from conquering fragmentation. I know what it feels like to survive by disconnecting from yourself. I know what hyper-independence feels like. I know what it means to carry pain quietly while still trying to show up for everybody else.
But I also know transformation is possible.
Now everything I do is rooted in helping people reconnect — to themselves, to community, and to purpose. Whether I’m speaking, creating, organizing, healing, teaching, or simply listening, my mission stays the same: remind people they are not broken, and they do not have to rebuild alone.
I’m still growing.
Still learning.
Still healing.
But I’m no longer hiding from who I am.
And if my journey proves anything, it’s this:
you can survive the storm without losing your humanity.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I specialize in helping people reconnect with themselves through holistic healing, mindfulness, community building, and transformational guidance rooted in lived experience. I’m the founder of Kingdombuilding87 Healing , where I create spaces focused on emotional healing, self-awareness, breath work , meditation, journaling, nutrition, gardening, and nature-based wellness.
What I’m known for is my ability to connect deeply with people in a real and grounded way. I don’t approach healing from a place of perfection or performance — I approach it from experience. People know me for being honest, intentional, compassionate, and unafraid to have difficult conversations that lead to growth. Whether I’m mentoring, speaking, organizing community initiatives, or guiding healing sessions, my goal is always to create environments where people feel safe enough to transform.
What I’m most proud of is turning my personal struggles into purpose and using my journey to positively impact others. I’m proud that the work I do is bigger than me. It’s about helping people feel seen, heard, valued, and empowered to heal in ways society often overlooks. I’m also proud of building community-centered spaces that encourage mindfulness, accountability, emotional intelligence, and collective healing.
What sets me apart is that my work is deeply personal and integrated into every part of my life. I don’t separate healing from community, spirituality from action, or wellness from everyday living. My approach combines emotional awareness, mindfulness practices, nature, nutrition, and authentic human connection in a way that feels practical, relatable, and transformative. I lead from lived experience, not just knowledge, and that authenticity allows people to trust the process and themselves.
What do you like and dislike about the city?
I like the commute to the beach. We are one of the only cities where you can get off of I95 and go straight to the beach.
I like the family feel we have in our community. What I like least is the dominant political climate that seems to always try to be above the residences, when In fact the city should be working for all of it’s residents and stakeholders, we are the tax payers. Therefore , I stay committed to the change by being directly involved in the process as a whole.
The community is together and working diligently to make the necessary changes for the people. I plan on running for a city commissioner soon!
Pricing:
- $150/hr for Mindfulness Circles
- Catering Available: Price Vary per order
Contact Info:
- Website: https://3-demetries-eatery.square.site/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kingdombuilding87/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mtre87
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/montre-bennett-8b912714b/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Kingdombuilding87?app=desktop
