Amy Chaplin is an award winning cookbook author, vegetarian chef and recipe developer. Over the last 20 years she has worked internationally in cities including Sydney, London, Amsterdam and New York. Raised in rural New South Wales, Australia on a whole food diet by vegetarian parents, Amy’s approach to food is inspired by nature and the healing benefits of whole food ingredients.
Amy is the former executive chef of New York’s renowned vegan restaurant Angelica Kitchen. She teaches cooking classes and works as a private chef with clients that include Natalie Portman and Liv Tyler. Amy’s vegan and vegetarian cuisine has appeared in numerous publications, including Martha Stewart Living, Vogue, the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, the Vegetarian Times, Oprah magazine and the Washington Post.
Through her book ‘At Home in the Whole Food Kitchen’ and her website amychaplin.com, Amy inspires people to seek out local and organic vegetables, stock their pantries with nutrient rich whole food ingredients and most importantly, to cook at home.