When Hannah Che decided to go vegan in college, she worried that she’d drift apart from the culinary traditions of her Chinese family. Instead, she uncovered a world of vegetarian fare that not only kept her well fed, but inspired her to dive deeper into China’s storied history of plant-based cooking. Her blog, the Plant-Based Wok, shares recipes and techniques she has picked up along her journey, which at one point took her to China and Taiwan to train at the Guangzhou Vegetarian Culinary School. Che published her first cookbook, “The Vegan Chinese Kitchen,” in 2022 and recently launched a vegan pop-up restaurant called Surong. If you’re ever in Portland, Oregon, definitely book a reservation.

Priyanka Naik grew up in a vegetarian household, but found her calling as a plant-based recipe developer many years later. The self-taught chef rose to fame after winning Food Network’s Cooks vs. Cons in 2017 and went viral for recipes like giant fusilli with spinach jalapeño pesto. In 2021, she released her debut cookbook “The Modern Tiffin,” which features vegan dishes inspired by her travels and Indian American background. Through it all, she’s maintained her signature cheerfulness and a clear culinary vision: to share plant-based, low-waste recipes that’ll inspire others to eat more sustainably.

Going vegan at 18 led Jasmine Briones to start her blog Simply Sweet Vegan. It was originally a way for her to document recipes for friends and family, but has since grown across platforms onto YouTube and TikTok — and even includes Briones’ partner and fellow food blogger Chris Petrellese. Briones, who grew up in a Filipino-Ecuadorian household, has adapted many family favorites to be vegan-friendly, including barbecued “pork” made with soy curls and pancit bihon, a rice noodle dish that Briones says she could eat alone for the rest of her life.

While Remy Morimoto Park is now known for the plant-based recipes and wellness advice she shares on her blog Veggiekins, she was was not always this focused on her well-being. As a teen, Park suffered from anorexia in addition to substance and alcohol abuse. Going vegan not only improved her physical recovery, but also helped Park forge a stronger positive relationship with food and build an approachable path to mindful living. And these days, she’s super into matcha. Word to the wise — don’t sleep on her strawberry matcha cookies.

Joanne Lee Molinaro is as well known for her vegan Korean recipes as she is for her captivating storytelling. The lawyer-turned-award-winning cookbook author started the Korean Vegan in 2016, doing, as she acknowledges, the opposite of what was recommended. Instead of bright, well-lit food photos, she posted dark and moody shots and rather than share recipes in the captions, she told stories. Both her food — plant-friendly versions of Korean classics, plus some fusion fare — and her calming voice overs detailing vulnerable stories about her childhood and relationships, captivated audiences and continue to do so.

Her followers may recognize her from on-screen appearances on the TODAY show, but Samah Dada actually got her start behind the scenes: She was a production assistant who, like many of us, enjoyed posting photos of what she was eating and cooking on Instagram. Her food caught the attention of producers at work, who started booking Dada for plant-based cooking segments. She has since gone on to host her own digital series on Peacock called #Cooking and write a cookbook called “Dada Eats Love to Cook It” that features mostly vegan, mostly gluten-free recipes, some of which are inspired by her Indian heritage.