Chloe Coscarelli | |
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Chloe Coscarelli in 2012 | |
| Born | Chloe Kay Coscarelli[1] (1987-10-14)October 14, 1987 (age 38)[2][3] |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Relatives | Don Coscarelli (father) |
| Website | www |
Chloe Kay Coscarelli (born October 14, 1987) is avegan chef and author.
Chloe Kay Coscarelli is the daughter of filmmakerDon Coscarelli.[4] Chloe Coscarelli was born inLos Angeles, California, and grew up in the nearby city ofPacific Palisades. She is a graduate ofUC Berkeley, and the National Gourmet Institute in New York City,[5] where she discovered her love for cooking.
A summer internship at Millennium, a gourmet vegan restaurant located inSan Francisco, led to a course of study at the Natural Gourmet Institute inNew York City.[6] Coscarelli was a contestant inCupcake Wars, her vegan cupcakes garnering her first prize.[7][8] She became the first vegan to win a culinary competition on television and was named to the 2017 Class of30 Under 30 byForbes.[9]
From 2020-2022,Whole Foods partnered with Coscarelli to create prepared vegan holiday meals for Thanksgiving.[10]
In 2022,Club Med also partnered with Coscarelli to add vegan meals "at all eight of its all-inclusive resorts in Mexico and the Caribbean."[11]
In 2023,Tasting Table named Coscarelli as one of the "21 Plant-Based Chefs You Need To Know,"[12] andVegNews listed her as one of the "37 Creative Chefs Crafting the Future of Vegan Food."[13]
In mid-2015, Coscarelli partnered with ESquared Hospitality to open the veganfast casual restaurantBy Chloe[14] (stylizedby CHLOE) onBleecker Street in theWest Village of New York City.[15] By 2017 the chain comprised five locations inBrooklyn andManhattan,[14] with additional locations inLos Angeles,Providence, andBoston.[16] In July 2017, Coscarelli was forced out by ESquared in an arbitration award after she filed suit in 2016 over control of the company.[17] In December 2020,By Chloe filed for bankruptcy.[18]
In 2021, it was acquired by "a consortium of investors that already had stakes in the company," and rebranded as "Beatnic."[19][20]
In July 2024, Coscarelli announced the opening of a new vegan restaurant named CHLOE inGreenwich Village, New York City. The new establishment is located at the original By Chloe site on Bleecker Street. This follows a legal dispute with her former parent company, ESquared Hospitality LLC, which led to her departure from By Chloe in 2017.[21]
In 2012, she published her first cookbook,Chloe's Kitchen, followed byChloe's Vegan Desserts in 2013,Chloe's Vegan Italian Kitchen in 2014, andChloe Flavor in 2018.[22]Chloe's Vegan Desserts was named one of the 16 best vegan cookbooks for 2023 byFood & Wine,[23] andVegNews listed bothChloe's Kitchen andChloe’s Vegan Desserts as "Top 100 Vegan Cookbooks of All Time" in 2024.[24][25]
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