Rachel Ama
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Rachel Ama | |
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Born | Rachel Ama Weekes October 1991 Crouch End, London, England |
Children | 1 |
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Channel | |
Years active | 2017–present |
Subscribers | 700+ thousand[1] |
Website | www |
Rachel Ama Weekes (born October 1991) is an English vegan chef, cookbook writer and Internet personality. She was named a 2019 rising star of the food scene by The Observer.[2][3]
Early life
[edit]Ama was born at her family's home in Crouch End, North London to a Saint Lucian father and a half Sierra Leonean, half Welsh mother, Tiffa Easmon-George.[4] She went to university.[5] She started eating vegan in her early 20s.[6]
Career
[edit]Ama began uploading YouYube videos in summer 2017,[7] starting with vegan versions of Caribbean dishes.[8] In 2018, she presented a BBC Radio 4 programme on vegan Caribbean cuisine.[9][10] By 2019, Ama's YouTube channel had gained over 250 thousand subscribers[11] and over 400 thousand by 2020.[6] As of 2024, she has over 700 thousand subscribers.[12]
Via Ebury Publishing, Ama published her debut cookbook Rachel Ama's Vegan Eats in 2019. Rachel Ama's Vegan Eats was awarded Best Vegan Cookbook by PETA UK.[13] It was also shortlisted for a Publishers' Publicity Circle (PPC) Award,[14] and Ama featured at the Balham Literary Festival.[15] In addition, Ama created a temporary collaborative menu for By Chloe.[16]
Ama signed with Yellow Kite (a Hodder & Stoughton imprint) for the publication of her second cookbook One Pot: Three Ways in 2021.[17][18]
In 2023, Ama created a meal plan with AllPlants.[19]
Personal life
[edit]Ama has a son.[20]
Bibliography
[edit]- Rachel Ama's Vegan Eats (2019)
- One Pot: Three Ways (2021)
- Rachel Ama's Family Recipes (2024) (e-book)
References
[edit]- ^ "About Rachel Ama". YouTube.
- ^ "New talent: the rising stars of culture, science and food 2019". The Observer. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "Rising Stars: Rachel Ama". The Media Eye. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ Goss, Alexandra (16 June 2019). "Rachel Ama: living with my mum made my career". The Times. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "Rachel Ama: "My Morning Ritual Is Essential For My Mental Health"". Health & Wellbeing. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ a b "In the kitchen with vegan chef and YouTube star Rachel Ama". Vegan Food & Living. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ Berning Sawa, Dale (17 February 2022). "'When I'm in front of the camera, there's such a spark': The YouTube cooks leaving TV chefs behind". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ Lott-Lavigna, Ruby (24 August 2018). "These Vegan Jerk Mushrooms Are Notting Hill Carnival Chef-Approved". Vice. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ Smith, Kat (2 September 2018). "YouTuber Rachel Ama And BBC Explore Vegan Food Among Caribbean Chefs". Live Kindly. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ Larbi, Miranda (1 November 2018). "Finally a vegan cook we can all relate to – meet your new BFF, Rachel Ama". Metro. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ Bryant, Amy (9 August 2019). "Forget nut roasts – YouTube star Rachel Ama's vegan food is fun, flexible and full of flavour". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "Rachel Ama". The Found. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "'Rachel Ama's Vegan Eats' Cookbook Nabs PETA Vegan Food Award". PETA UK. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ Toor, Mat (29 January 2021). "Campaigns for Cameron, Waller-Bridge and Mackesy shortlisted for PPC Awards". The Bookseller. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ Coady-Stemp, Emily (7 June 2019). "Food, Muay Thai and music – a vegan chef on her first book ahead of Balham Literary Festival appearance". SW Londoner. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ Head, Ally (19 November 2019). "Watch: Behind the scenes of Rachel Ama's By Chloe. menu collab". Foodism. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ Hackett, Tamsin (30 April 2021). "Ama moves to Yellow Kite with vegan cookbook". The Bookseller. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ Maitland, Hayley (1 September 2021). "This One-Pot Vegan Cookbook Will Turn You Into A Healthy Meal Prepper". British Vogue. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ Gray, Chloe (20 September 2023). "We tried Rachel Ama's allplants meals and they're *so* good". Women's Health. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ Walker, Ella (28 August 2021). "Recipes: Rachel Ama on vegan centrepieces, batch cooking and getting creative". The Irish News. Retrieved 25 September 2024.(subscription required)
- Living people
- 1991 births
- Black British women writers
- Chefs of vegan cuisine
- English cookbook writers
- English people of Saint Lucian descent
- English people of Sierra Leonean descent
- English people of Welsh descent
- English women chefs
- Food and cooking YouTubers
- People from Crouch End
- Vegan cookbook writers
- Writers from the London Borough of Haringey
- YouTubers from London