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United States Chloe Coscarelli is a vegan chef and author known for her pioneering work in plant-based cuisine, transitioning from culinary competition winner to successful restaurateur and cookbook author.
All-inclusive travel company Club Med teamed up with Chloe Coscarelli to offer holidaymakers vegan menus across all eight of its Caribbean and Mexico all-inclusive resorts.
Whole Foods partnered with Chloe Coscarelli to create prepared vegan holiday meals for Thanksgiving from 2020-2022.
Chloe Coscarelli partnered with Top Chef Judge Tom Colicchio to launch vegan pop-ups named 'Supernatural' in NYC. Colicchio's company, Crafted Hospitality, also helped negotiate the real estate deal for her new restaurant, CHLOE.
Peapod partnered with Chef Chloe Coscarelli on a new vegan meal kit, offering customers the ability to add Chloe's General Tso's Tofu meal kit to their orders.
Chloe Coscarelli, born on October 14, 1987, in Los Angeles, California, and raised in Pacific Palisades, developed an early passion for cooking. She is the daughter of filmmaker Don Coscarelli. Coscarelli graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a degree in sociology and dance. Her culinary journey began with a summer internship at Millennium, a gourmet vegan restaurant in San Francisco, which inspired her to pursue formal culinary education. She subsequently attended the Natural Gourmet Institute in New York City and Cornell University’s plant-based nutrition program, where she refined her skills in vegan cooking and recipe development. In 2010, she gained national recognition by becoming the first vegan chef to win Food Network’s “Cupcake Wars,” showcasing her innovative plant-based desserts to a wide audience. This achievement highlighted the potential for vegan cuisine to compete with traditional dishes. Forbes recognized her contributions to the food industry by naming her to their 2017 Class of “30 Under 30.”
Coscarelli expanded her career by publishing several successful cookbooks, including “Chloe’s Kitchen” in 2012, “Chloe’s Vegan Desserts” in 2013, “Chloe’s Vegan Italian Kitchen” in 2014, and “Chloe Flavor” in 2018. Her cookbook, “Chloe’s Vegan Desserts,” was later recognized as one of the 16 best vegan cookbooks for 2023 by Food & Wine, and both “Chloe’s Kitchen” and “Chloe’s Vegan Desserts” were listed among “Top 100 Vegan Cookbooks of All Time” by VegNews in 2024. In mid-2015, she partnered with ESquared Hospitality to open the fast-casual vegan restaurant chain By Chloe. The restaurant, which quickly grew to multiple locations in New York City, Los Angeles, Providence, and Boston, became well-known for its plant-based versions of popular dishes and garnered significant media attention. However, a legal dispute with her partners led to her departure from the company in 2017.
Following years of legal battles, Coscarelli opened a new vegan restaurant, CHLOE, in July 2024, at the original By Chloe location on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, New York City. This new establishment marks a significant turning point in her career, allowing her to re-establish direct control over her culinary vision and brand. The menu at CHLOE features updated versions of her popular recipes from her cookbooks and previous ventures. She also engaged in notable brand partnerships, collaborating with Whole Foods from 2020 to 2022 to create prepared vegan holiday meals for Thanksgiving and partnering with Club Med in 2022 to introduce vegan menus across their resorts in Mexico and the Caribbean. These collaborations further cemented her influence in making plant-based food accessible and appealing to a broader market.
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