My favorite chef is Alton Brown From Good Eats. I love the fact that he cooks anything including tofu dishes. He helps people know how to cook and the science behind it. I get so many good ideas on how to cook veg food from his shows. His down to earth approach makes everyone feel like they can cook regardless of skill level.

My favorite vegan chef is my husband! He really embraced my vegan lifestyle when we started dating, and he continually comes up with new and exciting vegan dishes for me to sample.

I don't have any idea who the chef(s) is, but I love the cooks at Tomato Head. They will make anything vegan (and delicious!) and they always offer a vegan cupcake! Fantastic.

This cookbook looks great. I can't wait to check it out.

I love to try new Vegan dishes, its my passion to experiment with different tastes, so when ever a new cookbook featuring vegan dishes comes out I hurry to investigate it.

Wow, I'd like to try that.

I used to really like Ina Garten before I went vegan because of the emphasis she put on using simple fresh ingredients, and also because she presents entertaining as a way to enjoy the company of family and friends and food, not to stress out over and ruin your meal.

my favorite chef is chef ramsy from hells kitchen!!! he is hilarious when he screams at everyone

I don't have a favorite chef. I have hundreds of cookbooks but most are contributed from many remitters. I really despise the food channel too. So if I had to have someone cook for me, it would be gramma as she was old school Europe and made the best cookies.

I love new cookbooks!

My favorite non-veg chef is Alton Brown. I love the detail he puts into one item - giving the history and providing several uses for food. Because usually he does one show on one item, it's easy to avoid the non-veg friendly shows about meat, etc. But I do love the ones on grains and veg, because they give great concepts and sometimes completely veg recipes.

I would love that cookbook!! One of my favorite chefs is Alton Brown. I love how he really gets into the science of cooking and teaches you how to make things work in your own way instead of being a slave to a recipe.

My favorite chef is Megan, the head chef of D'amico and Sons in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. I work with her (as a server out front) and she makes me enjoy going to work. Megan strives to make our little restaurant the very best that it can be, and I'm so happy she came to work with us. (She also makes me anything vegan I want for my break, if she has the ingredients and the means)

I really like vegan chef Beverly Lynn Bennett. Her Garden Patch Goulash recipe is out of this world! She really values using fresh ingredients, and her recipes often have an interesting twist to them.

One of my fave chefs would have to be Rachel Ray. Though she is not Vegan and all she has some pretty good ideas on vegetarian food when she is cooking. She always seems to have something intersting going on and very up and happy. I loved watching her shows and think that she is one of the best.

My favorite chef is my friend Jodi. When I made the decision to go vegan (from being previously an ovo-lacto vegetarian), I knew I was making the right choice. But, I didn't realize how many foods I would no longer be able to eat (in the way I was used to eating them). One of my favorites was scones from a tea restaurant in NYC. Jodi and I met there weekly to chat, drink tea and eat scones. When I became a vegan, no more scones for me! Jodi knew how disappointed I was and took to her kitchen. She took an old scone recipe that she had and made them vegan for me. The next time we were to meet up, she invited me to her apartment and there, we once again shared tea and (vegan) scones. To this day, they are some of the best I've ever eaten.

My favorite chef is probably Giada De Laurentiis of the Everyday Italian cooking show. Her recipes use great vegetables and herbs. She makes lots of pastas and I've made many of her recipes using fakes chicken breast and the results are delightful. Her marinara sauce is all veggie and works great with everything. Her mother was a former model and a vegetarian and she had a show dedicated to her with all veggie recipes.

I love Alton Brown of Good Eats! He makes science fun, and I always learn something new from him about food, history, science, and cooking utensils!

I can't say that I've found a favorite chef. I just love trying new recipes and combinations all the time. I love to to experiment and experience all the flavors that I possibly can.

My favorite chef is my step-father-in-law Eric. He's crazy but he's an awesome cook. I think he used to work in Orlando but now he just cooks for the family and man...is he good!! I have occasionally seen him consult a cookbook but most of the time he makes a complete meal with like 5 different sides all from his own memory. He gets it all on the table at the same time and it all tastes great!! His meals are never simple either...I don't think he's ever prepared mashed potatoes that would be way too simple!

Nava Atlas is at the top of my list right now. Every recipe of hers I've made is fast, easy, and DELICIOUS!

the naked chef!! jamie oliver is so creative and fun!

my boyfriend. after growing up in a meat loving family, he showed me that eating vegetarian meals isn't as alien as my family seemed to think. his love of simple salads, tofu stir-frys, and yummy salsas made me think, wow, there are men in the world who can eat dishes without meat in them, and enjoy it as much as me! [i was practically banned from my family when i told them i was going to be a vegetarian] i finally didnt feel inferior when i ate my falafel. and he wasn't one of those people that ask questions like, "is that boca patty good?" or "whats that?" just because it wasn't meat. the best part of it all is having someone cook me a vegetarian meal that we will eat together instead of one meal for me, one meal for you type deal.

Amy: My Favorite Vegan Chef is ME! I love playing with colors, flavors, and scents. I have been organic for over 8 yrs and recently (1+ months) a vegan. My DD is enjoying my test kitchen :-) I would LOVE to win this book as it would even further my cooking repetiore.

FYI we all LOVE you Rueben Sandwich - it's become a once a week staple in my house!

Thanks for the blog

MY favorite chef is Jamie Oliver, especially now when he grow many of his ingredients in his own backyard. He also always point out that you should only buy ecological eggs. You can relate to him, he is just like any other family father and works very hard for his passion of food.

I would have to say that my favorite vegan chef is myself. I live in area where there is not a lot of vegan-friendly restaurants so I cook for myself most of the time. I love taking classic recipes and transforming them to create a new vegan dish.

My boyfriend is my favorite chef. Although he's not vegetarian himself, he is so accomodating to my vegetarian diet and makes amazing pizza, chili, peach cobbler, salads...not to mention really great dishes based on whatever ingredients are in the kitchen at the time...

My favorite vegan chef is Juliano of Juliano's Raw in Santa Monica. His dishes are always colorful, innovative and DELICIOUS! I like that I can order a "bacon double cheeseburger" and know that it is not only cruelty-free, completely vegan, but RAW as well. If only it was as easy to make as it is to eat!

I've just taken the 30-day vegetarian pledge, so I'm new, but I've always loved eating at McFoster's Restaurant in Omaha. They've served vegetarian/vegan dishes for ages. I think Tom Foster may be the chef? Their brussel sprouts made me start eating brussel sprouts.

My favorite chef is Rachael Ray. I admire her because she believes that you don't have to be a good cook in order to make great food. Her meals are simple that anybody can do it! Her best quality is her sparkling attitude!

My husband is my favorite vegan chef. He is not vegan himself but fully supports my vegan lifestyle and has made great efforts in learning how to cook vegan foods with me and for me.

My favorite non-veg chef is probably Racheal Ray. I like her because not only does she make quick 30-minute meals, but she often tells you how you could adapt it to be avegetarian meal. I have also seen her do a few vegetarian episodes.

my favorite chef is my husband enoch, who happens to work at the best vegetarian restaurant in chicago, green zebra!

I have great respect for Iron Chef Masiharu Morimoto. He serves several vegan dishes at his 5-star restaurants, including at least one vegan dessert every night!

My favorite chefs are the many individuals who have shared their personal vegan/live foods recipes on various sites. These are the people who helped me to deliciously embrace the vegan/live foods life style. Finding and trying new recipes are just part of the fun.
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My two favorite chefs are Anthony Bourdain and Gordon Ramsey. But maybe I can be my favorite too since I am a chef myself. Those two guys are my idols, though.

My favorite chef is Tyler Florence...he has a way of making you believe you can cook anything no matter what level of skill you have! He also uses a lot of fresh ingredients and always finds a way to incorporate veg recipes :)

WoW!
Wish I could do something as beautiful as this!!! :o)

Cheers from Florence, Italy!

I love recipes from Heidi Swanson. They are always beautiful, delicious, and healthful. I feel like I can eat and feel good about what I'm eating because of the unique and nutritional ingredients she uses. Everything is colorful and has a story.

My favorite chef is my brother. Even though he is a die hard meat eater, he makes accomodations for my vegetarian lifestyle. He also notices when vegetarian cuisine is missing from a menu and tries to fill that gap with something tasty.

I am a mom and a fairly new vegetarian. I was inspired to become a vegetarian by my nine year old daughter, Isabella. Isabella made the decision to become a vegetarian because she loves each and every animal and wants nothing more than to not harm anything or anyone. Her compassion has led us to seek vegetarian meals and we have found a wealth of them ONLINE. Our favorite chefs are those people who go online and post their recipes and divulge their hints and what they loved about the meals that they cooked (and even what they would have changed). It has made meal time more fun we feel that we are making a difference. Thank you to all those who share!

My Favorite Chef is Ellie Krieger from "Healthy Appetite" on the Food Network. She cooks healthy and fresh foods, and while she's not a veg cook, she makes a lot of veg meals, and always tells you how to make something veg if you don't eat meat!

Every time I go back to Ubuntu restaurant in Napa, CA, I am more and more impressed by Jeremy Fox's ability to take simple fresh seasonal produce and create beautiful and harmonious flavors. He emphasizes fresh produce rather than focusing on substitutes, and everything he creates is amazing. Ubuntu isn't vegan (it's vegetarian), but many dishes can be made vegan, and almost everything I've had there has blown me away.

I don't have a fav chef, but my fav cookbook is Vive le Vegan. Simple, easy, delish dishes.

My favorite chef is my friend Jen. She convinced me to become vegetarian and eased me into the process by preparing some amazing dishes. Now I am Vegan and learning to cook for myself! Thanks Jen!

My family has recently become Vegan and it is really great to find new recipes. I have yet to own a Vegan Cookbook and I would love for this to be my first. I have borrowed some cookbooks from my library and one of my favorite chefs is Christina Pirello. She adds comments to her recipes and it is great to read what she has to say. I never knew that Vegan was so delicious!

I like Rachel Ray because, besides being cute and bubbly, she often offers tips on how to make a vegetarian version of the meal that she's making. On rare occassions, she's even intentionally made entirely vegetarian/vegan dishes.

My favorite chef is my husband, who loves to cook. He's not a vegan, or even vegetarian, so we cook our own meals but it's great together time for us! He wasn't too happy when I went vegan but now he thinks of recipes for me and he's always game for trying my food. He looks out for me, too. His mom was sure she'd made vegan pasta salad for me but I politely skipped over it (I know she wouldn't intentionally call a non-vegan dish vegan, but it's a new concept to his family). He kept verifying the ingredients and she finally remembered using salad seasoning. He checked the ingredients in that for me: #1 Parmesan Cheese. #2 Milk. He saved me!

My significant other is my favorite chef. We are both vegetarians and have given up milk and are trying to reduce the amount of other dairy products we eat significantly. He didn't cook much when we met but has been quite inspired by my cooking and now comes up with the most interesting dishes that I would never think to put together. He makes both my stomach and my heart happy!

rachael ray because she is not a chef- just another person trying to show you the easy ins and outs of cooking and burns food and admits she is no where near perfect

My favorite veg chef is my daughter Kristen. She influenced all of us to stop eating meat.

I'd love to get this new book. I am on a personal mission to convert my friends and family, and serving something fancy-schmancy out of this book might just drive the message home.

My favorite chef- has to be Julia Childs. She brought so much to us, opened up America's eyes in so many ways.
I also love Duff from Charm City Cakes- what a lunatic!

my favorite is giada de laurentiis. i watch her on the food network as often as possible. it helps that i really like italian foods the best!

LOVE Giada DiLaurentiis. Her mother is a vegetarian, and she cooks numerous veg-friendly meals!

I'm a newby to the vegan lifestyle, so this would be awesome! My food right now is so bland and simple, and this would really help me to eat healthy, consciously, and deliciously!

My favorite chef is Heidi Swanson.She utilizes healthy foods for healthy eating.

I don't have a favorite celebrity chef, but my husbands is a great cook. He makes anything spicy so delicious, and I love his Shrimp cocktail and shrimp a la Diabla.

My favoirte chef right now is Lolo from veganyumyum.com. Her food is always amazing looking! Every time she posts I find another great vegan recipe!

The chef at herbivore in SF and Chicago Diner in Chitown are both excellent but my wife crushes them all.

alton brown! so good! and plus i need a new veg cook book!

To be honest, I am my own favorite chef, thats why this cookbook is crucial! Since I started cooking completely vegan, I find that food tastes better and that I can't stomach fast food any longer. I cook most of my meals for myself now and find that being able to adjust any recipe or ingredients I have to fit my needs definitely puts me on the top of my own favorite chef list.

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My favorite chef is Alton Brown! He brings so many great and innovative ideas to cooking!

When I first looked at the photo of the zucchini boxes, my first thought was that it looked good enough to be served at Daniel. Then I looked at the caption to discover that it was a recipe by Daniel Boulud himself! My favorite vegan dish was a saute of baby radishes. I hate radishes, I've always hated radishes, yet I ate the whole thing, green tops and all. The man works magic!

My favourite chef while he may not cook Vegan or Vegiterian dishes would have to be Jamie Oliver. The reason for this is that he puts so much emphasis on using FRESH veg and when he uses meat he always uses FREE RANGE. And while I may not agree with eatting meat at all I agree that if you do eat meat that animal should have at least had a full and happy life before hand. And that is something Jamie Oliver has tried to make very clear. I really admire him for that.

My husband is my favorite chef, he can take anything make it healhty and still tasty.

I like the chefs (I don't know their names) at the Indian restaurants near my home. They make such wonderful vegetarian dishes. The aroma is so wonderful when I enter the place. There is a lot of variety as well. It just goes to show that good cooking and seasoning makes a meat centered meal unnecessary.

Did you see Paula Dean eat a Lasagna Sandwich? I'm sorry. I like her, and understand she is known for rick Southern cooking, but that was one step too far.

I love Crescent Dragonwagon. Great recipes with lots of flavor!

My favorite chef is my principal healer and nutritional guru, Dr. Gabriel Cousens, M.D.

my daughter became vegan about a month ago I applaud her, this would be great for her to stay on track

I like Mark Elman. He owns both Maui Tacos and Mala. He always has a few vegan menu options and has personally made me special vegan appetizers and surprised me with them, yummm

Vegetarian is the only way to go

My favorite Chef is my partner. He's always trying new things and he loves making healthy food, that tastes delicious. We're on a fruit and veg detox diet at the moment - trying to lessen our intake of red meats and he has made it so much fun! the dishes he comes up with are amazing!

I am new to the vegitarian lifestyle. I am currently on the 30 day challenge and am looking for new recipes, not only to help keep me going, but to also convince my wife of the change. So right now all vegan chefs are my favorite because I know nothing. Thanks.

One of my fav vegetarian chefs is Ken Charney. His use of spices is exciting and not overpowering. I love his Sweet Potato and Black Bean Burger!! Yummy!

My favorite chef is my husband. I'm the one who introduced him to veganism when we first met and we made vegan jambalaya and many other meals together. Eight years later he's still making vegan meals.

I am pretty new to all of this still, so I don't really have any favorites yet. I love trying new and exciting things and am always looking for more recipes. I can't wait for the book to come out. :)

I'm a new vegan and this looks great!

I have been a veggie for 10+ years, and now a vegan for one and a half, and loving it. Just recently I got a phone call from my brother. Out of nowhere he told me that he had been vegetarian for a couple of months now, and that I was not supposed to tell mom or dad. I was touched by how powerful our example can be. He is an aspiring chef in Durango, CO, and this book looks as if it could steer him towards one day becoming a famous vegan chef...

My favorite chef was Curtis Akins, who used to have a show on the Food Network called Pick of the Day. It was all about vegetables.

My favorite is Nigella Lawson. I love (and share) her complete, unabashed, hedonistic love of food. And while she is not veg, she is respectful and has many recipes that are vegan or easy to vegan-ize, which is nice for living with vegans.

my brothers are both excellent chefs. they're not vegetarian chefs, but of course I like it best when they experiment with meatless dishes.

I live in New Hampshire on the Mass border,and with vegetarian and vegan options virtually non-existent, I was 'forced' to learn to cook my own food & eventually,I fell in love with culinary arts.I am now my favorite vegetarian chef - and trying to become vegan. I have much to learn and would truly love and appreciate this cookbook! I hope to open my own restaurant at some point.

I like Anthony Bourdain, I understand the 'beef' many vegan/vegetarians have with him, but I feel he exemplifies a quality all people should have and that is to embrace nontraditional foods. Many people that switch to a veg lifestyle have to over come the fear of trying new and unusual things(tofu? ick!). Not being prejudiced towards the unusual, a whole new world of culinary options opens up. You can only eat so many beans.

Speaking of great vegan chefs I would have to say my sister in law, Aysha and my sister Nicole. They always come up with new and exciting foods to try. I always get excited when my sister starts looking through her many vegan cookbooks, because I know she will cook somthing so tasty and animal friendly!!

I like Rachael Ray--though not a chef--because she's imperfect and admits it (and because she likes beer!)

My fav chef is my friend Hari, she is honestly the first vegetarian I have ever met and she turned me on to trying her different snacks she brought to class (college can make you hungry) I think my favorite was her veggie Tamales!

I once worked with a sous chef who went on to become a head chef at a cafe...he made the BEST grilled veggie sandwich with a dill mayonaise (I know, that's not vegan)- eggplant, bell peppers, carrots, etc. Wonderful!

I was raised vegetarian, and later started eating chicken and fish, but now I want to go back - for health reasons. I'm not sure I can live without dairy, so this cookbook interests me quite a bit - can't wait to check it out.

No favorite chef, but I would like to have this book.