Laura Theodore

Laura Theodore is a recognized public television personality, vegan celebrity chef, nationally renowned jazz singer and award-winning cookbook author. She is co-creator of the highly successful Jazzy Vegetarian vegan cooking series on national public television. Theodore is author of six vegan cookbooks, including Jazzy Vegetarian, Jazzy Vegetarian Classics, Laura Theodore’s Vegan-Ease, Deliciously Vegan (which won silver medals at the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards, Midwest Book Awards and the Living Now Book Awards) and her double-bronze award-winning cookbook, Vegan for Everyone. Her newest release – Easy Vegan Home Cooking takes the guesswork out of eating healthier by sharing shopping lists, pantry “must-haves,” quick cooking tips, flavor enhancers, and effective plant-based substitutions. Laura and Jazzy Vegetarian are recipients of the Taste Award for Best Health and Fitness Television Program (Food and Diet), and the Jazzy Vegetarian series was inducted into the Taste Hall of Fame. In addition, Ms. Theodore was a recent winner of the Top 100 Vegetarian Blog Awards. As a globally recognized award-winning jazz singer and songwriter, Laura has recorded six solo CDs, including her award-winning disc, “Tonight’s the Night,” which received a Musician Magazine Award. Her CD release with the late, great Joe Beck entitled “Golden Earrings,” (on the Whaling City Sound label) was on the GRAMMY® list in the category of “Best Jazz Vocal Album.” Laura has toured throughout the country, performing at numerous major events, such as Night of 100 Stars, Fire and Ice Ball and The American Film Awards. Laura has been featured on the cover of three prestigious magazines; American Vegan, Jazzin’, and La Fashionista Compassionista. She has been featured in the New York Times, New York Daily News, Mother Earth Living, VegNews, Family Circle, Readers Digest and PBS Food,among other highly respected news, food, music and lifestyle-related journals. Theodore is featured on Netflix, in the documentary film, Food Choices and she has made guest appearances on ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX, The Talk on CBS, Insider/Entertainment Tonight and the WCBS News Radio Health & Wellbeing Report. On the acting side, Laura has appeared in over sixty plays and musicals including Off-Broadway for two years in the hit show “Beehive,” which earned her a coveted Backstage Bistro Award. She was honored with the Denver Critics Drama Circle Award as “Best Actress in a Musical,” for her starring role as Janis Joplin in the world premiere production of “Love, Janis.”