Lauren Toyota
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Lauren Toyota is a vegan cookbook author and creator of the blog, Hot for Food. She is a former Canadian television personality.
Early life and education
Toyota was born and raised in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.[1] She is a Yonsei Japanese Canadian.[1] Her great-grandparents emigrated from Japan to Canada,[1] and her grandparents were in internment camps during WWII.[1]
Toyota became a vegetarian when she was 12 and had to cook her own food.[1] In 2003, she graduated from Durham College with a degree in Music Business Management.[2]
Career
Toyota began her career in Canadian Television, as a host for MTV Canada,[1][2] a former MuchMusic VJ,[1][2] and a co-host of 969.[1][2] In 2014, she gave up her work in television, in order to develop her vegan blog and YouTube channel, Hot for Food.[1] Canada's Impact magazine listed Toyota as one (out of 12) of "Canada's Top Vegan Influencers."[3]
Food & Wine named her 2021 cookbook Hot for Food All Day: Easy Recipes to Level Up Your Vegan Meals, as one of "The 18 Best Vegan Cookbooks for Every Type of Meal" in 2023,[4] and VegNews named her 2018 cookbook, Hot for Food Vegan Comfort Classics: 101 Recipes to Feed Your Face, as one of the "Top 100 Vegan Cookbooks of All Time," in 2024.[5]
Refinery29 included Toyota in their 2018 list of "Canadian Women Killing It".[6] OptiMYz listed her in their list of "Top 100 Health and Fitness Influencers of 2019".[7]
Awards
- 2019: Gourmand Cookbook Award: Hot for Food Vegan Comfort Classics[8]
- 2018: VegNews Veggie Award for Best Vegan Cookbook: Hot for Food Vegan Comfort Classics[9]
Books
- Hot for Food Vegan Comfort Classics: 101 Recipes to Feed Your Face. Ten Speed Press, 2018. Template:ISBN.
- Hot for Food All Day: Easy Recipes to Level Up Your Vegan Meals. Ten Speed Press, 2021. Template:ISBN.
References
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External links
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- hotforfoodblog- Official YouTube Channel
- Biography from Penguin Random House
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- Living people
- Activists from Ontario
- Durham College alumni
- Canadian video jockeys
- Canadian women television hosts
- Canadian people of Japanese descent
- Canadian animal rights activists
- Canadian veganism activists
- Chefs of vegan cuisine
- People from Mississauga
- Vegan cookbook writers
- Much (TV channel) personalities