2024 Award Winners

1st Place - Everyone Can Cook Vegan
by Viva!

The UK's leading vegan charity Viva! has launched 'Everyone Can Cook Vegan', a pioneering plant-based cookbook that contains 100 mouthwatering recipes designed for everyday use.

The cookbook has been created for those who love delicious food but can’t stand fuss. The recipes are super accessible with easy-to-follow instructions.

Recipes include breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, sides and desserts.

The cookbook costs £12 with all proceeds going to help Viva! continue its work to save animals.

'Everyone Can Cook Vegan' has received endorsement from celebrities such as Joanna Lumley and Jerome Flynn.

Author: Viva!

Year: 2024

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

2nd Place - Real Superfoods: Everyday Ingredients to Elevate Your Health
by Ocean Robbins and Nichole Dandrea-Russert

Ocean Robbins, co-founder and CEO of Food Revolution Network, and Nichole Dandrea-Russert, MS, RDN, show that the greatest superfoods on Earth have been right under our noses all along. After reading Real Superfoods, you’ll love leafy greens, mushrooms, legumes, berries, alliums, spices, sweet potatoes, nuts, seeds, coffee, and tea in a whole new way. Brimming with powerful disease-fighting nutrients, these superfoods can transform your health and bring new joy to your everyday cooking.

Author: Ocean Robbins, Nichole Dandrea-Russert

Year: 2023

Country of Origin: United States

3rd Place: The Buddhist Chef’s Homestyle Cooking
by Jean-Philippe Cyr

The Buddhist Chef is back with a collection of 75+ rustic, flavorful vegan recipes perfect for sharing with all your family and friends.

Author: Jean-Philippe Cyr

Year: 2023

Country of Origin: Canada

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2023 Award Winners

1st Place - PlantYou
by Carleigh Bodrug

Plant-based eating doesn't have to be complicated! The delicious recipes in this easy-to-follow cookbook are guaranteed to keep you inspired and motivated.

Enter PlantYou, the ridiculously easy plant-based, oil-free cookbook with over 140+ healthy vegan recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, cheese sauces, salad dressings, dessert and more!

In her eagerly anticipated debut cookbook, Carleigh Bodrug, the Founder of the wildly popular social media community PlantYou, provides readers with the ultimate full color guidebook that makes plant-based meal planning, grocery shopping and cooking a breeze. With every single recipe, you will find a visual infographic marking the ingredients you need, making it easy to shop, determine portion sizes, and dive into the delicious and nutritious dishes.

2nd Place: PLANT POWERED PLAN TO BEAT DIABETES
by Sharon Palmer, aka The Plant-Powered Dietitian

An inspiring, 100% plant-based cookbook to help manage diabetes, prevent complications, and promote optimal health with easy vegan recipes, advice on meal planning, cooking tips, shopping lists, and more! Celebrated vegan nutritionist Sharon Palmer, aka The Plant-Powered Dietitian, presents 100 plant-based diet recipes for evidence-based diabetes management.

3rd Place: Natural Flava: Quick & Easy Plant-Based Caribbean Recipes
by Craig and Shaun McAnuff

Craig and Shaun McAnuff are all about maximum flava. These recipes are filling, flava-ful, and just happen to be vegan, too. Caribbean food makes for brilliant vegan dishes, relying on fresh, vibrant fruit and veg. Jamaican food has a vegan history with the Rastifarian Ital diet, and Natural Flava brings together Ital inspiration, punchy Caribbean flava, and quick and easy recipes.

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IVFF Cookbook Award Winners & Nominees

1st Place - "Plant Based India" by Dr. Sheil Shukla

India is home to a vibrant tapestry of culinary traditions—and to more vegetarians than anywhere else in the world. It’s also where Dr. Sheil Shukla learned to love traditional Gujarāti fare, cooking alongside his adored ba (grandmother) over summers in Mumbai. During his medical training, Dr. Shukla discovered the power of plant-based nutrition to prevent and manage chronic illness—and so began his mission to reinvent the classic vegetarian dishes of his heritage.

2nd Place - "Epic Vegan Quick And Easy" by Dustin Harder

Veteran author and creator of The Vegan Roadie series, Dustin Harder serves as your guide to all things vegan, showing you how to use straightforward ingredients and techniques to make every meal epic. This book tells you how to create your own masterpieces by adding exciting flavors and textures, stacking layers upon layers of ooey-gooey goodness, and putting variety at your fingertips.

3rd Place - "Good For Your Gut" by Desiree Nielsen, RD

In Good for Your Gut, you’ll discover how to fuel gut health with whole plant foods and practical lifestyle strategies—from movement to managing stress—for a truly holistic and evidence-based approach to health and wellness. Featuring over 90 beautifully illustrated plant-based recipes created to protect, heal, or soothe your gut, with meal plans for each core area of digestive health.

2022


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1st Place - “Dreena’s Kind Kitchen” by Dreena Burton

From veteran cookbook author Dreena Burton comes a collection of 100 dependable and delicious plant-based recipes that everyone will love. With helpful guidance on techniques, time-saving tips, and suggestions for repurposing leftovers into delicious new dishes, this dependable resource will boost your cooking confidence and help you find success in your own plant-powered kitchen.

2nd Place - “Liv B’s Easy Everyday” by Olivia Biermann

Liv B’s Easy Everyday is a new collection of 100 recipes that are tastier and easier than ever. Everything in this book is cooked with either five ingredients or in one pot or on a sheet pan. You'll use less kitchen equipment and less effort, giving you more space to exhale in your already busy day.

3rd Place - “Fast Easy Cheap Vegan” by Sam Turnbull

From Sam Turnbull, the bestselling author of Fuss-Free Vegan, and creator of the blog It Doesn't Taste Like Chicken, comes her eagerly awaited second cookbook. She is cooking up even simpler vegan comfort food--on a budget, with fewer ingredients, and in 30 minutes or less!

2021

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