Vegan chef with 16 years on the road proving that yes, veganism is for everyone!
Aloma is passionate about transforming the kitchen into a place of revolution! Creator of the Ancestral Veganism concept, she shares her knowledge throughout Brazil, spreading her love for ethical, inclusive, conscious and transformative food! With her uncomplicated method, Aloma believes that we can learn to cook by feeding not only the body, but also the soul and conscience. The aim is to inspire people to connect with plant-based foods in an expansive and conscious way, seeking to plant the seed of ANIMAL LIBERATION through the plate. Come and discover the power of veganism in a practical and delicious way! This work is a true journey of redemption and expansion, where food goes beyond nutrition – it is connection, flavor and consciousness
Founding partner of Govinda, a restaurant in Belém do Pará that stands out for its vegetarian and vegan cuisine. Originally from Marajó Island, she gained notoriety when she won first place in the competition for the best dish made in Brazil in 2013 and 2014, with her vegetarian versions of maniçoba and vatapá. Her culinary training was influenced by her experiences in Hare Krishna temples. At Govinda, Istadeva skillfully combines flavors from the Pará tradition with Indian cuisine, using a healthy and sustainable approach as a guide, attracting both locals and tourists who want to taste regional dishes in vegetarian versions. The restaurant has become one of the main gastronomic destinations in Belém, celebrating the richness of local ingredients.
Mari Marola is a vegan cook from Minas Gerais. She graduated and specialized in plant-based gastronomy in New York and now welcomes guests for breakfast at her restaurant in Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro. Mari also teaches vegan cooking classes and produces content for brands. Mari’s passion for food with love, without using ingredients of animal origin, is what drives her work.
The founder of Veg Burger, the first vegan burger joint in Pará, she started the project in October 2015, selling frozen burgers and later offering delivery services directly from her kitchen. After two years, she expanded the business with a food bike, participating in local events, until the physical location opened in March 2019. Since then, Veg Burger has become a reference in the state, attracting visitors from other regions and countries. Many customers report how Veg Burger facilitates the transition to veganism and simplifies the daily lives of those seeking a vegan diet.
Teacher, entrepreneur and confectioner specializing in vegan cakes. Founder of Sweet Confeitaria Vegana, in Salvador-Ba, with hundreds of tall and decorated vegan cakes sold throughout Salvador and the metropolitan region. Creator and founder of Escola do Bolo Vegano, an online course that teaches techniques for a vegan party cake (tall and well-decorated cakes) that are in no way inferior to traditional cakes. Passionate about surprising cakes made with vegetables!
Cook, geographer, activist and entrepreneur. Winner of the Prato Feito 2 challenge, a recipe competition to choose the most regional, affordable and easy-to-prepare dish.
Vegan, father of Sol and Marketing Director at Impact Bank, Rafael Oliveira has over 10 years of experience in the sustainability sector, focusing on sociobiodiversity, organic and biodynamic products. He works as an Advisor at Mahta, Curator of the ESG Summit Brazil, Ambassador of the BNCC Brazil-Norway and sociobiodiversity activist. As CMO of Impact Bank, Rafael plays a key role in creating and executing marketing strategies focused on sustainable and inclusive financial practices. He leads initiatives that integrate innovation, science and technology to demonstrate that standing forests generate more value than deforested ones. Rafael believes in Brazil’s potential to become a leader in forest regeneration solutions, energy transition and in the development of new sources of food and alternative proteins through the valorization of its natural inputs.
Patricia Penna is a Nutritionist, with a postgraduate degree in Vegetarian Nutrition from Plenitude and Integrative Nutrition from IIN, NY. She has been vegan for 9 years, is a Food for Life Instructor at PCRM.org and a volunteer at Nutrition Facts.org. In addition to her clinical practice, she conducts workshops, cooking classes and lectures.
Flavio Giusti has a background as a designer, graphic designer, art director, advertiser, musician, actor, poet, clown, yoga teacher, and sensory therapist… but not as a cook. Ironically, Flavio participated in the first MasterChef in Brazil, is the author of more than 5 cookbooks, and has taught more than 8,000 students in his in-person/online cooking courses throughout Brazil and several countries such as Portugal, England, and Germany. Today, completing 34 years without eating meat and another 11 years as a vegan, he is the creator of VegetariRango, which is the first vegan cooking show in Brazil that celebrates its 11th anniversary this year, with more than 30,000,000 million views on YouTube and almost 1,000,000 million followers on all social media, helping thousands of people make the transition to veganism and change their lifestyle. Social Media 475k Youtube 232k Facebook 180k Instagram 15k TikTok
Cook and publicist specialized in Food History and Culture, she creates and executes cultural gastronomic projects based on the reflection on the impact of plant-based gastronomy on the environment, animal health and ethics. She expresses her work in defense of environmental rights, in the midst of her Amazonian roots, with the mission to spread plant-based food, contemplating food cultures and nature.
Autonomy and decolonization are central points in the melting pot of themes that season the debates on food, culture and integral health that Úrsula Ferro raises in her courses, workshops and lectures in states such as Pará, São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul.
Native food is her main source of research and study, especially in the indigenous communities of the Amazon.
Juliana Guitel is a chef who specializes in living food, holds a postgraduate degree in weight loss and metabolism, is a mentor for dietary transitions, is a natural therapist, and is a speaker. She believes that a plant-based diet can be simple, healthy, and delicious, and focuses her work on practical recipes that can be prepared at home. In 2017, she created the Conscious Weight Loss Method, an online mentoring program that has helped more than 700 people on six continents adopt a plant-based diet to improve their health and lose weight sustainably. Juliana guides her clients to live a lighter life, connected to natural foods, promoting a healthy and compassionate life.
Mirna Ribeiro specializes in natural, plant-based and gluten-free cuisine. She has been working in this niche for ten years, offering courses, workshops, mentoring, consultancies and lectures focused on ESG policies.
She is currently the co-owner of Tropicalize Café & Bistrô. Coordinator of the Gastronomy department of the Brazilian Vegetarian Society, Executive Chef of the Laguna Football Team, Member and Chef of Buffet Bahiense Gastronomia Saudável and Columnist for Revista dos Vegetarianos.
She also offers consultancy and mentoring for commercial establishments and entrepreneurs in the healthy food sector with the following services: product development, recipe and menu development for restaurants, physical and digital business development, team training, digital positioning, among others.
Natural Chef and Integral Health Coach
Graduated from NOS School 2016.
Chef at Buffet da Floresta
In partnership with the social enterprise Madre frutos, winner of the sustainability award
2023, located in the BIO HUB Sinal do Vale, RJ.
Member and collaborator of the Gastronomy department of the SVB – Brazilian Vegetarian Society.
Specialist in green jackfruit and plant-based recipes.
Trainer of students, home and corporate cooks.
She is a member of the N.O.S Escola group of teachers in Brazil and Portugal.
A vegan chef with over 10 years of experience, having worked for renowned companies such as Shangri-La Hotels and Disney Cruise Line. After the pandemic, he reinvented his career by creating ChefDave VeganJourney, a platform that promotes vegan cuisine and sustainable living through traditional Malaysian recipes in vegan versions. Founder of D’Vegan Academy and PB Health, he has already impacted thousands of people with his classes, workshops and online content, estimating that at least 300 have become vegan thanks to his work. With over a million followers, Chef Dave is an active advocate for animal rights and plant-based health, bringing Malaysian vegan cuisine to an international audience.
Vilma Martins is a member of the Mulheres do GAU (Urban Agriculture Group), a group of women who work as farmers and cooks in a community kitchen at the Viveiro Escola União de Vila Nova, in São Miguel Paulista. They work to maintain a school nursery by planting, cultivating, harvesting and managing agroforestry. The group also serves vegan and vegetarian coffees and lunches at events where they work or at events in various locations around the city.
Vânia Ferreira is a member of the group Mulheres do GAU (Urban Agriculture Group), made up of women who work as farmers and cooks in a community kitchen at the Viveiro Escola União de Vila Nova, in São Miguel Paulista. They work to maintain a school nursery by planting, cultivating, harvesting and managing agroforestry. The group also serves vegan and vegetarian coffees and lunches at events where they work or at events in various locations around the city.
Cynthia Brant is a writer, product developer, educator, and chef specializing in Plant-Based Gastronomy and vegan cheeses. She graduated from Matthew Kenney Cuisine (California) and Terrapia/Fiocruz (RJ), and is a professor at Le Cordon Bleu and several schools and postgraduate programs in Brazil. She created the vegan cheese brand La Fromagerie Vegan in RJ and published the book Abóboras e Abobrinhas – Histórias e Receitas da Culinária Viva. With experience in product development for the food industry, she also organizes events and retreats for self-knowledge and sustainability, such as the 1st National Meeting of Vegan Cheeses in 2021. An Ayurvedic therapist, she applies these principles to individualized menus and treatments, and is a reference in plant-based gastronomy in Brazil, speaking at events and corporations to promote the benefits of this cuisine.
Bruna Crioula is an African woman in the diaspora in Brazil. Mother of Inácio. Founder and general coordinator of FUNDOCrioula in defense of indigenous, ancestral, peripheral peoples and non-human animals that suffer the impacts of environmental racism in RS. Ecological nutritionist, master in social sciences. Food researcher, ancestral communicator and urban collector. She is a Leader in Sustainable Food Systems at WWF-Brazil. She is the founder of Crioula Curadoria Alimentar. Creator and host teacher of the Free Course Healthy Eating from an Afroperspective. Creator and host of GENTECrioula – a podcast about culture and food, building ancestral and ecological humanities.
Nutritionist graduated from the University of São Paulo in 1996. Extension course in Circular Economy at the University of Berkeley – CA/USA Director of the health and nutrition department of the Brazilian Vegetarian Society. Ambassador and nutrition collaborator of SeaShepherd Brazil. Founder of Ale Luglio Nutrição, a company that provides consulting services to food and supplement companies. Co-coordinator and teacher of post-graduate courses in vegetarian nutrition. Lecturer on conscious nutrition, sports, vegetarianism and sustainability, circular economy and ESG. Organizer of own immersion events on health, production chains, sustainability and ESG.
Natalia Luglio is a chef and environmental activist who grew up between the countryside and the city of São Paulo. She graduated in 2015 from the Natural Gourmet Institute in New York, where she had the opportunity to work in some of the best restaurants in the world and meet wonderful chefs who served as great inspiration. Her focus is sustainable cuisine, which is good for us, for the environment and for everyone who lives in it. Brazilian ingredients are her passion and she has dedicated her last few years to research to rediscover and reincorporate into the kitchen native ingredients that we know little about, but which are part of the history and soul of Brazil.
Bruna Carvalho is an entrepreneur, educator and culinary expert. She is passionate about the world of plant-based fermentation. She created Expinafru Vegan Cheese Factory almost 5 years ago, where she is dedicated to offering the best artisanal plant-based cheeses fermented and matured using organic cashew nuts.
Nathalia Soares, who holds a degree in gastronomy from Anhembi Morumbi and a specialization in pastry from Le Cordon Bleu, stands out as a pioneer in vegan confectionery. She created the blog Chubby Vegan and has been active since 2009. She is a teacher and consultant for restaurants and schools. She trains teachers and develops educational content for important institutions (Senac and Le Cordon Bleu). She also attends important gastronomy events such as MesaSP, NaturalTech, VegFest, etc. Her expertise also extends to creating online content for courses and social networks for her followers.
Content creator about healthy and vegan eating, shares recipes, tips and a sports routine in search of the best version of herself as a triathlete. Creator of @mandrioca_, which was born as a seed that sprouted spontaneously, the result of a passion that grew every day and needed to be shared. Healthy eating is synonymous with balance, which is why the content varies from protein recipes, fit sweets, cakes filled with sugar and love, restaurant reviews, organization tips and much more!
José Kaeté is an indigenous Tupinambá from Pará, an engineer, a popular communicator and a traveling content creator, who carries with him responsible activism on his social networks, always with the purpose of showing different perspectives on the Amazon and its people. For more than 10 years, he has worked in different regions and communities of the Brazilian Amazon, from biodiversity chains to impact campaigns in the film industry.
Founder and chef of the Sabores da Nega Vegan bakery. She has gained experience as a pastry chef in major vegan restaurants over the years. She currently dedicates herself to sweetening the lives of her customers and friends.
Chef Clau Arruda is an autistic chef, speaker, influencer and ambassador for autism in the kitchen. With over 200 million impressions on social media, he creates content, shares recipes and creative inspirations, promoting inclusion and diversity in gastronomy using his experience to raise awareness and encourage the public to learn about the diversity of Autism.
I’m from São Paulo and have been vegan for 6 years. I love living and cultivating relationships. Sharing knowledge that can save or free animals, improving the planet’s natural conditions, and providing personal and home care are some of my goals. I’m a marketing manager, working in the communications area in the corporate market for 21 years and on the internet for 1 year and a half, creating content about veganism for social media.
Katya Ramírez is coordinator of Educación en Igualdad Animal México, photographer, chef and creator of Love Veg México. He began his activism in Guadalajara Mexico 15 years ago and, since 2016, with Igualdad Animal, he has promoted the most successful street-level campaigns in favor of animals considered farm animals.
Petra Marron is a chef and baker who is vegan. She is the creator and founder of Padaria Verderosa, the first vegan bakery in Pará. Fifteen years ago, she gave up eating animals and, since then, has seen plant-based food become a major part of her life. On her personal profile on the internet, she shares recipes and shows a real experience of veganism in the Amazon. At Padaria Verderosa, she offers tasty vegan food made with care. She also shares quality informative comments about veganism on the company’s social networks.
A nutritionist graduated from UNITA and with a postgraduate degree in Weight Loss and Aesthetics from FAVENI, she is a mentor, speaker and culinary expert specializing in raw food, with over 10 years of experience in the practice of eating raw foods. She enjoys helping people discover that it is possible to enjoy themselves in a healthy, economical way and without causing harm to animals or the planet.
Cantinho de Caburé, created by Tássia Aguiar and Ray Preta, is much more than a restaurant; it is a hug in the form of food, where ancestral Afro-Brazilian cuisine is experienced in every dish. We were born in the midst of the pandemic, selling bread and other delicacies online in Brasília. Over time, our business grew, and today we are located in Praia de Aratuba in the municipality of Vera Cruz, Bahia, in the cozy Casa Ori Ayo, a guest house that offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner by the sea. Our cuisine is 100% plant-based, full of affection and respect for our Afro-Brazilian roots. Each recipe carries the strength of ancestral traditions, with local ingredients and quality ingredients, bringing to the table stories of resistance, identity, and inclusion. At the house, we also train and promote the work of other black and LGBTQIAPN+ women, because we understand that food is also a way to empower and transform. In 2022, we were delighted to be awarded the Prato Feito Challenge with our beloved Jackfruit Cake, a lovingly reimagined version of the traditional codfish cake, made with potatoes, jackfruit meat, and seaweed. This tasty and distinctive cake is already part of our menu and is loved by everyone who visits us, reflecting the care and affection we put into every detail of our cuisine.
An experienced Art Director with international recognition, Ivan Di Simoni uses his talent to share his vision of today’s world. A natural connoisseur of flavors, a visual artist, an avid traveler and a curious person by nature, he went through a true personal revolution that connected him to the world of veganism. Today, he uses his platforms to act as a social activist and opinion maker on topics such as gastronomy, animal rights, lifestyle and travel. With a degree in International Relations and specializing in audiovisual arts, Ivan has studied in depth the dynamics of volunteering and its approaches to social activism. With extensive travel experience, he was invited to collaborate on international events and lived for two years in China, becoming a trailblazer of cultures and essential issues that affect the world.
Matheus Rocha, 28, has been vegan for 5 years. After adopting his dog, Paola, he began to question his habits and decided to become vegan. Always enjoying cooking, Matheus began to learn new recipes and now maintains a page dedicated to simple, cheap and practical vegan recipes. He believes that an approach through encouragement and love is the most effective way to help both people and animals.
I’ve been a cook by profession for almost 10 years and I’ve been in love with food since I was a little girl, following my grandmother and mother as they cooked… I went to gastronomy school, worked in a few restaurants in São Paulo and then started in the world of entrepreneurship. I opened a small café in Cotia… now I’m running a café and restaurant in Alphaville, and starting a new project: Punto Pizza.
Larissa Ayres is the founder of Escola Agridoce, the first vegan gastronomy institution in Brazil.
The school operates in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo and is a reference in training professionals, offering students a competitive advantage in the market. In addition to technical knowledge, the courses provide great networking opportunities, connecting them with established professionals in the field and boosting their careers.
Fábrica de Veganos’ mission is to bring veganism to the world, offering information in a welcoming way, without criticism or judgment. The goal is to make each person’s path easier, respecting their time. The project is committed to joining forces, believing that veganism is a message of love.