16 Facts About Bryant Terry

Bryant Terry was born on January 24,1974 and is an African-American vegan chef, food justice activist, and author.

Bryant Terry has written four vegan cookbooks and cowrote a book about organic eating.

Bryant Terry won a 2015 James Beard Foundation Leadership Award for his food justice work.

Bryant Terry attended Xavier University of Louisiana, graduating with a degree in English.

Bryant Terry then enrolled in the chef's training program at the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts in New York City.

Bryant Terry has been a guest chef on three episodes of the BET series My Two Cents.

Bryant Terry was a host on the PBS series The Endless Feast.

Bryant Terry has helped raise funds for the People's Grocery in West Oakland, and he consults for other not-for-profit organizations as well as corporations.

Bryant Terry appeared on the "Nourish: Food + Community" PBS special that aired in 2008, and he has served on the advisory board for the project's educational component.

From 2008 to 2010, Terry was a Food and Society Policy Fellow, a national program of the W K Kellogg Foundation.

In 2015, Bryant Terry was named the inaugural Chef-in-Residence for the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco.

Bryant Terry's essay, "Reclaiming True Grits", was widely circulated on the web and sparked heated debate about "soul food".

In 2015, Bryant Terry gave a talk at the annual TEDMED conference on "Stirring up political change from the kitchen".

In 2015 Bryant Terry won a James Beard Foundation Leadership Award for his food justice work.

Bryant Terry received two additional nominations from the James Beard Foundation.

Bryant Terry married Jidan Koon, an organizational development consultant, in September 2010.