Chef Laura Crotty
Food Blogger (LauraCrotty.com), Producer (The Broiled Grapefruit cooking show) and Cookbook Author (The Little Vegan Dessert Cookbook (Lincoln Square Books - 2020))
Laura is a culinary professional and award-winning food writer who works in plant-based product development. She recieved her chef certification at the Institute for Culinary Education under the instruction of the late Annemarie Colbin, PhD - an early piorieer of the health-food movement. Laura's work has appeared in such outlets as NPR, Motherwell, The Huffington post, Seattle Magazine, MSN, Vegan Food and Living, and Taste for Life Magazine. Laura's interview subjects have included such luminaries as Chef Thomas Keller - the first and only American-born chef to hold multiple three-star ratings from the prestigious Michelin Guide; Alice Waters - owner of Chez Panisse and a pioneer of the farm-to-table movement in America; Tom Douglas - restauranteur and multiple James Beard award recient. Little Vegan Dessert Cookbook, Laura's first book, is a Next Generation Indie Book Award recipient.