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Amy Chaplin

Amy Chaplin
Born1974 or 1975 (age 50–51)
New South Wales, Australia
Culinary career
Cooking styleVegetarian & Vegan
Awards won

Amy Chaplin is an Australian American vegetarian and vegan chef, recipe developer and cookbook writer. Her first cookbook, At Home in the Whole Food Kitchen, was a 2015 James Beard Award winner. Her Whole Food Cooking Every Day was a 2020 James Beard Award winner.

Early life

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Chaplin was born and raised in New South Wales, Australia, where she grew up in a mudbrick home on a farm near Dundurrabin, a small town between Dorrigo and Grafton in the New England region.[1][2][3][4] She told an interviewer "There were no shops within a 50-km radius of where we lived." The family grew their own produce and raised chickens, and her mother made tofu and her father baked sourdough bread.[5][6]

Career

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Chaplin worked in a cafe in Sydney and in the 1990s as a pastry chef in Amsterdam.[7][8][3] She moved to London in 1995 and then to New York in 1999.[7][9][10] In 2003 she began working at Angelica Kitchen, a vegan restaurant in Manhattan, three days a week as a pastry chef and became executive chef about a year later. She left Angelica Kitchen in 2010.[11][1][8]

Chaplin had planned to open a restaurant in Tribeca in the spring of 2020, but plans were put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Chaplin also has worked as a private and consultant chef; clients have included Natalie Portman, Liv Tyler, and Anna Deavere Smith.[7][6][12]

Reception

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The New York Times called Chaplin's approach to vegetarian cooking "deeply thoughtful".[13] The Washington Post's Joe Yonan wrote, "Some cookbook authors have earned my complete trust, and Amy Chaplin is one of them."[12]

Accolades

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Chaplin's first cookbook, At Home in the Whole Food Kitchen, was a 2015 James Beard Award winner.[14] The Times called it "a sneaker" because it "arrived quietly from a small press, then won a James Beard Award".[13]

Her Whole Food Cooking Every Day was a 2020 James Beard Award winner.[15] Epicurious called it "the ideal building block book for anyone with dietary restrictions".[16] Bon Appétit listed it as one of their best fall cookbooks of 2019.[17] Vogue named it to their list of cookbooks everyone should own.[18]

  • Whole Food Cooking Every Day: Transform the Way You Eat with 250 Vegetarian Recipes Free of Gluten, Dairy, and Refined Sugar. Artisan, 2019.
  • At Home in the Whole Food Kitchen: Celebrating the Art of Eating Well. Roost Books, 2014.

Personal life

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As of 2014 Chaplin was living in Manhattan's East Village.[7] As of 2019 she was dividing her time between Brooklyn and upstate New York.[2] As of 2020 Chaplin lived in the Hudson Valley of New York.[1] She has a son.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Molvar, Kari (2020-11-03). "A Vegetarian Chef's Flavor-Packed Quarantine Snack". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-11-25. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
  2. ^ a b "Holiday Entertaining: Miso Tomatoes & Eggplant · Organic Spa Magazine". Organic Spa Magazine. 2019-11-08. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
  3. ^ a b Scott, Georgina (Autumn 2016). "Whole Food Delights". New England Home & Lifestyle.
  4. ^ Urankar, Chris (August 2015). "Homegrown Hero". InStyle.
  5. ^ Styles, Camille (2020-10-07). "How Plant-Based Chef Amy Chaplin Makes Every Day Delicious". Camille Styles. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
  6. ^ a b "On The Art Of Eating Well: In The Kitchen with Chef Amy Chaplin". The Chalkboard. 2019-11-05. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
  7. ^ a b c d Cooperman, Jackie (2014-10-24). "A Visit to the Kitchen of Amy Chaplin, Vegetarian Chef and Cookbook Author". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
  8. ^ a b Francis, Ali (2017-04-07). "Angelica Kitchen Says Goodbye To All That". Bon Appétit. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
  9. ^ Harrad, Lindsey. "From Market to Table". Vegetarian Living.
  10. ^ Le, Anh Minh. "A Fresh Outlook". Anthology Magazine.
  11. ^ Jampel, Sarah (2020-01-31). "The Cookbook That Makes Healthy Eating Look Amazing". Bon Appétit. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
  12. ^ a b Yonan, Joe (2019-09-09). "This genius sauce turns your pasta into a seasonal stunner — no matter the season". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
  13. ^ a b Muhlke, Christine (2019-11-26). "A Season's New Cookbooks Highlight Global Home Cooking". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
  14. ^ Galarza, Daniela (2015-04-25). "Here Are the James Beard Foundation Book, Broadcast, and Journalism Winners 2015". Eater. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
  15. ^ Alexander, Erin (28 May 2020). "13 James Beard Award-Winning Books to Add to Your Library". Food52.
  16. ^ Joseph, Lauren (2021-06-09). "4 Great Cookbooks for Grain-Free Cooking Inspiration". Epicurious. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
  17. ^ Appétit, Bon (2019-08-13). "The Fall Cookbooks We've Been Waiting All Summer For". Bon Appétit. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
  18. ^ Maitland, Hayley (2021-07-05). "41 Cookbooks That Everyone Should Own". Vogue. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
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