PEELED™ MAKES TV HISTORY AS THE WORLD’S FIRST VEGAN CULINARY COMPETITION SHOW FEATURING AN ALL-VEGAN CELEBRITY CAST.
PEELED™ premiered Saturday September 24th in the afternoon at the Director’s Guild of America (DGA) in West Hollywood.
The show will stream online on Peeledshow.com and launch post-premiere film-clips on Unchained TV, which is available on Amazon Fire, Roku and Apple TV.
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CAST, JUDGES and CHEFS from the PEELED SHOW: STAR SIMMONS (PEELED CREATOR) , JOSIE CLEMONS (HEAD JUDGE, CO-CREATOR
PEELED), SHABNAM ISLAM (HOST, PEELED), CHEF BABETTE DAVIS (PEELED CHEF
MENTOR), Chef Chris Tucker (PEELED JUDGE & The Great American Baking
Show), Dr. Miles Woodruff (PEELED JUDGE, CEO of Sophie’s Kitchen)
Elysabeth Alfano (PEELED JUDGE and plant-based business expert), PEELED
Producers Kaushika Patel and Alpesh Patel.
PEELED SHOW Competing Chefs: SANDRA HURAUT, JAENA MOYNIHAN, NICOLE DERSEWEH and DONALD LEMPERDE. |
By Karen Ostlund (September 24, 2022, WestHollywoodToday blogspot, West Hollywood, CA) Vkind Studios presented its all-vegan cooking competition reality show titled PEELED™ September 24th with a red-carpet premiere at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) in West Hollywood.
PEELED makes television history with its all-vegan cast, even the show’s staff are vegan, including the producers, writers, directors and production crew. Contestants will cook up compassion to raise money for worthy causes as they compete to win the chance to create a dessert menu item for the largest international vegan restaurant chain, The Copper Branch.
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Chef Donald Lemperle
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The synergy between hosts Dr. Shabnam Islam and well-known vegan health and fitness icon Chef Babette Davis keeps audiences engaged and the chefs on their toes. Each new challenge features competitive elements for the first time on the big screen in the culinary space. Chefs race against the clock to impress discerning vegan judges and avoid being, “Peeled into the compost.” In the end, only one contestant can take home the title of “Hottest Vegan Chef.”
The show was created by long-time vegan advocate and Vkind Founder Star Simmons.
PEELED was created because of demand for cooking shows that feature innovative plant-based alternatives that have transformed culinary arts in recent years. Simmons’ vision for the show sparked the interest of Chef Josie Clemens, whose experience being the first vegan chef to compete in the hit series “Hell’s Kitchen” influenced her decision to join forces with Simmons as co-creator of PEELED.
“Some of the best chefs I know happen to be vegan and, while they are every bit as talented as some of the most celebrated chefs in conventional culinary arts, they have fewer opportunities to advance in the industry,” said Chef Josie, who also joined the show’s cast to lead the all-star panel of vegan judges. “With an estimated 40% of the population now embracing flexitarian diets, interest in vegan cuisine is at an all-time high,” Clemens explained.
PEELED creators realizing the need for compassionate chef competition content, the show’s all-vegan concept is unique and meets a growing demand for vegan entertainment.
“As a vegan and a foodie, I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with cooking shows,” said Vkind Founder and PEELED creator, Star Simmons. “PEELED allows those interested in the lifestyle to explore the joys of vegan culinary arts.”
Although plant-based cuisine is occasionally featured in certain episodes of some cooking competition shows, only one show featuring an exclusively plant-based cooking competition has been announced thus far.
PEELEDshow.com completed a three-episode limited series this past spring, and is the first and only exclusively plant-based competition-formatted cooking show with all-vegan celebrity hosts, judges, contestants, and even vegan sponsors such as Melt Organic.
“Plant-based culinary arts deserve a place at the table in the popular cooking competition genre, which is why I was delighted to learn about a network pickup of another plant-based cooking show, even if its cast isn’t entirely vegan,” Simmons said, “It is great news that major networks and streaming platforms are finally seeing the value of programming for audiences interested in exploring this lifestyle. But I’m proud that we were the first, and I look forward to seeing more vegan programming in the future.
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