Lauren Toyota | |
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Born | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
Occupation | Cookbook author, food blogger |
Alma mater | Durham College |
Subject | Vegan cookbooks |
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Lauren Toyota is a vegan cookbook author and creator of the blog, Hot for Food. She is a former Canadian television personality.
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]
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 "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]
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