Lee Watson

Jamie burst onto the scene with so much energy and enthusiasm, it really influenced me in my early 20's. He made things fun and easy. Jamie recently said that the future of food is plant based and I've always respected his approach in food education and spreading a positive food message.

Hugh just seemed like such a dude, poodling around in his Land Rover singing the Who. I loved it when he raided hedgrerows and forests for a foraged dinner and always got stuck in with a smile! Hugh now promotes a more veggie based diet and is always an interesting read.

I love the philosophy underpinning this book and its holistic approach to cooking. There are some classic veggie recipes here and its a lovely read with many heart warming stories.

His food is so stylish and bursting with wonderful, bold flavour combinations. Always creative and super fresh. I like the way he brings his own character to a strong food heritage and strikes a balance between the two. Food from the Middle East is some of my favourite, with many recipes traditionally vegan. After all, it is the home of hummus!!

The title says it all really! This book shows Denis's creativity and passion for veggie food. An approach that highlights the importance of cooking from the heart, with love and appreciation. The food looks beautiful and is always packed with striking flavours.

It seems that Paul has been into seasonal veggie food way before it was even cool to do so! He is an amazing chef, so to read his veggie based books always brought much needed inspiration and encouragement. This is a very high standard of cooking, made accessible to all, with a diverse range of recipes.

This is a mammoth vegan cookbook highlighting the creativity and outrageous flavours possible in vegan cooking. The US leads the way in the modern vegan world and its books like this that make veganism accessible to all.

There are so amazing Irish vegans/ veggies on the scene at the minute, Aine Carlin being another. These boys just have such a positive, infectious approach to healthy living and their recipes are always simple, nutritious and imaginative.

Eating at Vanilla Black is always a mind blowing event for a vegan, its London's best veggie restaurant and the food is always inventive and sexy with loads of surprise touches. The cookbook reflects this perfectly.

This is a lovely cookbook all about Allegra's travels around the world, much more than just a load of gorgeous recipes, it's a food-based adventure! I have 'borrowed and stolen' many recipes from Allegra over the years. Like most of these cookbooks, it's not vegan (or even veggie) but inspiration can be found in all sorts of wonderful (and occasionally weird) places and I love to veganize traditional or non-veg recipes. Its all part of the challenge and fun of being a vegan cook!