“Vegan-curious” in Charlotte? Here’s where to start

The big picture: Charlotte’s vegan food scene is growing fast. In the past year, at least five new restaurants and food trucks specializing in vegan cuisine have opened around the city.

Our People: Chef Joya

Vegan Chef, Makeup Artist, Mom

Our Favorite Vegan Soul Food Recipes

We are so happy to bring you our review of Chef Joya’s new southern soul-inspired cookbook Cooking with Joya: It’s Soul Mahmazing Vol. 1.

LGBTQ+ owned restaurants in Charlotte to support during Pride month (and always)

From flower shops to tire sellers, LGBTQ+ business owners in Charlotte have reach in almost every industry.

Network or Die – Chef Joya

Carlos Davis (@mrresourcemogul) sits down with Chef Joya to discuss how networking grows her personal chef business and we get a chance to get an up close and personal experience on how she prepares her award winning cuisine.

Frugal Mami

Chef Joya talks tips on transitioning to vegan, cooking for ChloexHalle, plans for 2020 and more!

101 Amazing Vegan Diet Tips—Beginners, This Is for You!

Vegan beginners (or old hands!)—read on!

The 12 best places in Charlotte for mac and cheese

Here are 12 Charlotte-area chefs and restaurants that make some pretty awesome versions you’ve got to try.

Meat lover alternatives: Cooking vegan with Chef Joya

Meat lover alternatives: Cooking vegan with Chef Joya

The Vegan Virgin: A First Timer’s Review of An All-Vegan Dinner Party with Chef Joya

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Transitioning to a Plant-Based – Vegan Lifestyle

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Chef Joya’s Vegan Ribs

National Vegan Day with Chef Joya

Good Day’s Jamal Goss is in the kitchen with Chef Joya, cooking up her version of “Beef” Wellington for National Vegan Month.

Chef Joya’s Holiday Dinner Buffet

Good Day’s Jamal Goss, is in the kitchen with Chef Joya, making vegan fried fish.

WFAEats: How To Love Going Vegan

Want to hear something audacious and wonderful? Vegan cuisine is the hottest trend going right now.

Vegan Love Culture Cooking With Joya

The Morning Maddhouse with Chef Joya

The Morning Maddhouse tries Vegan Food with Cooking with Joya

Chef Joya Rocks Culinary Alternative To Meat

The Charlotte personal chef hosted a Sunday night experience in North Charlotte, bringing together new and familiar faces for a vegan culinary experience. It served as a sample—both in size and concept—for both her cookbook and upcoming dining soirées.

Is That Really Vegan?

Personal chef dishes on what makes her culinary creations some of the most popular vegan cuisine in Charlotte. Also, there’s a backstory to her professional transition and move to the Queen City. Host: Ashley Mahoney.

Suite Appetite – Cooking With Joya

Chef Joya hosts an exclusive all vegan pop-up tasting with friends and members of the media in Charlotte, NC.

To Have and To Hold Charlotte

Chef Joya appears on the OWN Network series

Chef Joya Puts Vegan Childhood Experience To Use

Over the last year and a half, she’s become one of Charlotte’s most sought-after vegan cooks thanks to her talent for turning traditional soul food favorites into vegan masterpieces, whetting the appetites of carnivores and omnivores alike.

The Southeast’s Award-Winning Pop-Up Vegan Chef

The Milwaukee native relocated to Charlotte, NC in 2011 and her pop-up vegan events are quickly becoming a fan favorite across the Southeast.