5 - Vedge and V Street with Rich Landau and Kate Jacoby

Authors of Horizons: Gourmet Meatless Cuisine, Horizons: New Vegan Cuisine, Vedge: 100 Plates Large and Small That Redefine Vegetable Cooking and V Street: 100 Globe-Hopping Plates on the Cutting Edge of Vegetable Cooking. Husband and wife team Richard Landau and Kate Jacoby are the Chefs and Owners of Philadelphia's renowned vegetable restaurant, Vedge.  In recent years, they have grown their restaurant group to include their street food bar, V Street, as well as their latest effort, Fancy Radish, in Washington DC.

Chef Rich Landau, a pioneer of the modern plant-based dining experience, opened his first restaurant, Horizons, in 1994. Winner of Food Networks Chopped. Landau has used the carnivore’s palate he grew up with to translate vegan cuisine to a broader audience. In 2009 Landau and Jacoby cooked the first Vegan meal ever served at the James Beard House in Manhattan. 

In 2011 they opened “Vedge” in an elegant Center city Philadelphia brownstone to national acclaim.

Chef Kate Jacoby studied French and Sociology at Georgetown. In 2001, she switched gears to join Landau at Horizons. Her work in the kitchen beside Landau helped hone her pastry skills and shaped her approach to desserts. A James Beard Nominated Pastry Chef and a Certified Sommelier, her recent focus also includes overseeing the Beverage Program at all their restaurants and directing expansion for the restaurant group. 

Rich Landau and Kate Jacoby: vedgerestaurant.com
Rich Landau IG: @chefrichlandau
Dustin Harder: veganroadie.com IG @Theveganroadie