Lauren Toyota

Lauren Toyota
Lauren Toyota
Born	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Cookbook author, food blogger
Alma mater	Durham College
Subject	Vegan cookbooks
Notable works	Hot for Food Vegan Comfort Classics: 101 Recipes to Feed Your Face (2018); Hot for Food All Day: Easy Recipes to Level Up Your Vegan Meals (2021);
Website
	www.hotforfoodblog.com

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

Lauren Toyota and John Diemer, "Hot For Food," 2013

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. ISBN 978-0399580147.
Hot for Food All Day: Easy Recipes to Level Up Your Vegan Meals. Ten Speed Press, 2021. ISBN 978-1984857521.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Fleck, Kelly (February 7, 2017). "Lauren Toyota Talks Vegan Cooking and Shares her Vegan Yakisoba Recipe". Nikkei Voice: The Japanese Canadian National Newspaper. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Coffey, Chantel (Spring 2014). "Stepping Into the Spotlight" (PDF). Durham College Alumni Magazine. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
^ Welner, Chris. "Canada's Top Vegan Influencers | IMPACT Magazine". IMPACT Magazine. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
^ Makhijani, Pooja (2023-11-02). "The 18 Best Vegan Cookbooks for Every Type of Meal". Food & Wine. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
^ Pointing, Charlotte (January 10, 2024). "The Top 100 Vegan Cookbooks of All Time". VegNews. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
^ Butcher, Courtney Shea,Rosemary Westwood,Kate Kelleher,Yazmin Butcher,Yazmin. "29 Powerhouses: The Canadian Women Killing It In 2018". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved 2022-05-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "OptiMYz Top 100 Health and Fitness Influencers 2019 | Women's Wellness". 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
^ "Print/Paid Food Culture: Gourmand Cookbook Awards". Gourmand Cookbook Awards. 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
^ "And the Winners of the 2018 VegNews Veggie Awards Are ..." VegNews. November 1, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2024.

External links

Official website
Lauren Toyota at IMDb
hotforfoodblog- Official YouTube Channel
Biography from Penguin Random House

[talks-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Fleck, Kelly (February 7, 2017). "Lauren Toyota Talks Vegan Cooking and Shares her Vegan Yakisoba Recipe". Nikkei Voice: The Japanese Canadian National Newspaper. Retrieved January 19, 2024.

[durham-2] Coffey, Chantel (Spring 2014). "Stepping Into the Spotlight" (PDF). Durham College Alumni Magazine. Retrieved January 19, 2024.

[3] Welner, Chris. "Canada's Top Vegan Influencers | IMPACT Magazine". IMPACT Magazine. Retrieved 2022-05-25.

[fw-4] Makhijani, Pooja (2023-11-02). "The 18 Best Vegan Cookbooks for Every Type of Meal". Food & Wine. Retrieved 2023-12-28.

[at-5] Pointing, Charlotte (January 10, 2024). "The Top 100 Vegan Cookbooks of All Time". VegNews. Retrieved January 16, 2024.

[6] Butcher, Courtney Shea,Rosemary Westwood,Kate Kelleher,Yazmin Butcher,Yazmin. "29 Powerhouses: The Canadian Women Killing It In 2018". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved 2022-05-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[7] "OptiMYz Top 100 Health and Fitness Influencers 2019 | Women's Wellness". 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2022-05-25.

[gourmand-8] "Print/Paid Food Culture: Gourmand Cookbook Awards". Gourmand Cookbook Awards. 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2024.

[veggie18-9] "And the Winners of the 2018 VegNews Veggie Awards Are ..." VegNews. November 1, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2024.

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