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A beautifully crafted plant-based gourmet cookbook featuring 68 fine-dining, restaurant-tested recipes from a Top 100 South African restaurant kitchen and vegan chef
Praise for Vanessa Jarvis-Findlay and
The NEKED Food Plant-based Gourmet Edition Cookbook
'Vanessa turns plant-based cooking into art - every plate a statement, every bite a revelation.'
Jenny Morris, Celebrity Chef & The Giggling Gourmet
'Proof that vegan cuisine can be luxurious, local, and laugh-out-loud fabulous.'
Justine Drake, Master Chef Judge, Culinary Director & TV Host
NEKED Food Plant-Based Gourmet Edition Cookbook Reviews
“If this cookbook had cheeks, I would kiss them. Every recipe is pure sorcery — fine dining meets soul food with a wink.”
“Vanessa has rewritten the plant-based rulebook. These dishes don’t whisper flavour… they ROAR it.”
“A masterpiece. I’ve eaten at Michelin-star restaurants and still found myself gasping at the creativity here. Vanessa is a national treasure — and a menace to any diet plan.”
“Five stars? I need seven. This is the first vegan cookbook I’ve ever read that made me laugh, cry and immediately preheat the oven.”
“I’m not vegan, but after cooking three recipes, I found myself googling ‘how to apologise to vegetables for ignoring them all these years."
“Vanessa’s food photographs alone deserve their own gallery. The recipes? Outrageously delicious. The humour? Peak South African spice.”
“It’s not a cookbook — it’s an experience. A journey. A glamorous, cheeky dinner party hosted by Clarens’ most fabulous plant-based queen.”
“Her seitan lamb cutlets made my eyebrows levitate. Joy wasn’t lying.”
“You had me at ‘Michelin-worthy’ and kept me at ‘effortlessly vegan’. No compromises, no nonsense — just pure culinary couture.”
“A celebration of South African heritage with the flair of Paris, the confidence of New York, and the sass of Vanessa herself. Exceptional.”
“Every recipe feels like Vanessa is holding your hand in the kitchen… while wearing sequins and giving you life advice.”
“The best plant-based cookbook to come out of South Africa — ever. A collector’s edition that belongs in every home, vegan or not.”
“Warning: This book will turn you into that person who invites friends over ‘just to try something’… every weekend.”
Every recipe is 100% vegan, sass-infused, and tailored for
home cooks and culinary show-offs alike.
