Priyanka Naik

Vegan Chef, Author, and Host; New York, NY

Priyanka Naik is a self-taught Indian vegan award-winning chef, Food Network champion, TV host, author of The Modern Tiffin, columnist of "Ecokitchen" for The Washington Post, pop-up restaurateur, and TEDx Speaker. An avid traveler who’s been to forty-three countries, her globally inspired original recipes, with a focus on sustainability, have been featured on her blog Chef Priyanka, her domestic and global pop-ups, on TODAY Table - an NBC Peacock TV Show she co-hosts, and are incorporated into her regular speaking appearances. She has garnered attention from nearly 300,000 social media followers and has been featured in the Bon Appétit video series, Business Insider, VICE, The Kelly Clarkson Show, Forbes, and Glamour. In addition, the TODAY Show included Chef Priyanka as one of America's twenty best chefs, alongside Bobby Flay, Marcus Samuelson, and more, and she’s been a featured chef in TODAY’s Studio 1A multiple times. Priyanka has partnered with hundreds of brands globally, including Toyota, JUST Egg, Planet Oat, Coca-Cola, Amazon, Walmart, and Spotify for brand campaigns and is the is the first vegan and sustainable guest chef for the W Maldives in a one-of-a-kind "Go W-egan" activation.  She is first-generation, Indian American, raised on Staten Island, New York.  Her heritage is very important to her cooking style and lifestyle, so much so that she even learned her native language of Kannada before English and weaves in Indian elements throughout her original vegan cooking. She attributes her devotion to her these roots and passion for Indian food to her loving and supportive parents and her two elder sisters. @chefpriyanka