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Gaz Oakley Biography & Facts
Gaz Oakley, formerly known as the Avant-Garde Vegan, is a chef and cookbook author from Cardiff, Wales known for vegan food. He was described in the Daily Telegraph as "a star of the meat-free world", whose "recipes have gained the respect of herbivores and carnivores alike". Career Oakley, who grew up in Cardiff, was taught to cook as a child by his father, and got his first job in a kitchen aged 15. He left school at 16 to work in the kitchen full-time. For several years, he worked in hotel and restaurant kitchens in Cardiff. He then switched careers to work in a builder's yard, becoming a sales manager. The new job offered him more free time, and he took up fitness and strength training activities. It was through this that he first started to move towards veganism. After hearing a radio interview with the vegan musician Jme, Oakley looked up videos of Gary Yourofsky, and it was these that encouraged him to switch to a vegan lifestyle. After success encouraging friends and family to transition to veganism, he decided to use his cookery experience as a form of activism. He launched the @avantgardevegan Instagram page in February 2016, and, later that year, gave up his sales job to focus full-time on activism and cookery. The Avant-Garde Vegan YouTube channel was launched at the end of the year. Oakley told The Sunday Times that the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in his subscriber numbers hitting one million. Oakley went on to write several vegan cookbooks, as well as partner with The Vurger Co. and Wagamama to create vegan foods. In 2023, VegNews listed Oakley as one of the "37 Creative Chefs Crafting the Future of Vegan Food" in 2023, and also named Vegan 100 as one of the "Top 100 Vegan Cookbooks of All Time" in 2024. Books Vegan 100 (Quadrille Publishing, 2018) Vegan Christmas (Quadrille Publishing, 2018) Plants Only Kitchen (Quadrille Publishing, 2020) References Further reading "In conversation with Gaz Oakley". The Vurger Co. Accessed 8 August 2020. "In the kitchen with chef Gaz Oakley of Avant-Garde Vegan". Vegan Food & Living. Accessed 8 August 2020. External links Official site Gaz Oakley on YouTube. Discover the Gaz Oakley popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Gaz Oakley books.
Best Seller Gaz Oakley Books of 2024
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Happy Vegan Christmas
Karoline JönssonRoasted nuts and vegetables, fragrant citrus and cloves, jewelled lingonberries and cardamom buns fresh from the oven – these are the delights that make a Scandinavian vegan Christ...
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River Cottage Much More Veg
Hugh Fearnley-WhittingstallHugh's River Cottage Veg Every Day! became the UK's bestselling vegetable cookbook, persuading us through sheer temptation to make vegetables the mainstay of our daily cook...
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Awakenings
Lucy WatsonA truly vegan lifestyle is more than just the food you eat, it's the shoes on your feet, the clothes in your wardrobe, the contents of your cupboards and your makeup bag. Whether v...
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Leon Fast Vegan
John Vincent, Rebecca Seal & Chantal Symons'Leon is the future' The TimesA cookbook for vegans and anyone who wants more plants in their life, LEON Fast Vegan is all about delicious food, which just happens to be vegan. Wh...
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The Whole Vegetable
Sophie GordonDiscover wholesome, sustainable and plantbased dishes in this essential cookbook, perfect for anyone looking to reduce their waste this year!'Hearty, healthy, flavourpacked dishes'...
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The Green Lunch Box
Becky AlexanderThe Green Lunch Box is packed with delicious, healthy, plantbased lunches to help you save the planet in your lunch break.Making your own lunch just a few times a week saves money,...
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One Pot Vegan
Roxy Pope & Ben PookWhether you're a longterm vegan, giving veggie a go or just want to make your meals more sustainable, ONE POT VEGAN is filled with delicious recipes that take the fuss out of plant...
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Cook Share Eat Vegan
Áine CarlinDelicious plantbased recipes that everyone will love, with this latest book from the UK's bestselling vegan author, Áine Carlin. With an emphasis on great flavours and fresh, sea...