The Show

Sept. 24th, 2022

4:00 PM

THE FIRST ALL-VEGAN CAST COOKING COMPETITION SHOW!

Peeled will be streaming WORLDWIDE this Fall! You will be able to watch on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, IOS, Android, Unchained TV, YouTube and the web!

The world's first and only 100% vegan cooking competition tv show

September 24th, vKind Studios makes history!

Presenting a new kind of culinary challenge and America’s only 100% vegan cooking competition show!

Peeled was developed and produced by vKind Studios’ plant-powered ensemble of seasoned creatives whose combined TV and film production experience spans more than a century.

Shot on location in a Las Vegas professional sound stage studio, Peeled raises the bar on multi-cam formatted-reality TV production value.Through cinema-quality 6K digital cine cameras and state-of-the-art lenses our film crew captured dynamic imagery with a cinema-worthy fluidity and warmth, which serves to heighten both the intimacy and drama of each scene.

With plant-inspired design elements our talented set designers created a fresh, inviting backdrop for Peeled’s all-vegan cast to introduce the joys of plant-based cuisine to mainstream reality audiences.

In each episode of Peeled, contestants throw the flame to be named hottest vegan chef, or get Peeled into the compost.

With reputable names in vegan culinary arts like Chef Babette and Chef Josie from Season 20 of Hell’s Kitchen, Peeled is bringing serious vegan heat.

What’s in it for Peeled contestants?

Aside from serious beet cred for winning the top chef title in the first vegan cooking show, Peeled’s champion chef will have their monetary prize donated to the nonprofit of their choice!

Welcome to Peeled!

THE QUEST: In a world where cruelty is the main entree, vKind Studios is serving up a NEW kind of culinary challenge.

In each episode of Peeled, contestants face off to be named hottest vegan chef, or get peeled into the compost!

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FLAMING HOT PARTICIPANTS!

Featuring hot names in vegan culinary arts like Chef Babette and Chef Josie, a former contestant on Hell’s Kitchen, Peeled is bringing serious vegan heat into the kitchen.

Join us as we make vegan TV history and put the best of vegan chefs to the test! 

Meet Our Hosts

Meet our 2022 Season 1 Peeled Hosts!

Dr. Shabnam Islam

2022 Peeled Host

Dr. Shabnam Islam

Dr. Shabnam Islam, First generation Bangladeshi-American vegan, joins our team with brains, beauty, and charm as a host of our TV series, vKind Vibes and our interview series, vKind Connects!

A leader in the health and fitness industry, Shabnam is a television host, journalist and spokesperson for health-based projects across the country. Shabnam went vegan 3.5 years ago because she couldn’t imagine continuing to live a life that wasn’t good for herself or the planet.

When she’s not touring the country with us to explore vegan destinations and experiences, you can find her teaching Kinesiology at California State University Northridge!

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Chef Babette

2022 Peeled Host

Chef Babette

Chef Babette, the extremely fit and youthful 71-year-old. She has been a vegan and raw food chef for over a quarter of a century. She is a firm believer that we should all eat “live food and live consciously!”

She is a committed and active health advocate, and intends to grant health and wellness to individuals who may not otherwise be able to find a path to life with healthier result in mind, body, spirit, etc. Due to the overwhelming need and increasing demand Chef B’s methods has been deemed a necessity, for our lives, our children’s and or community as a whole.

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Meet Our Judges

Meet our Mega Talented 2022 Season 1 Peeled Judges!

Chef Chris Tucker

Peeled Judge

Chef Chris Tucker

Chef Chris Tucker: Since Chris is a native Southerner, he often refers to himself as a Southern Baker with a French Twist, despite being a self-proclaimed Southern Baker at heart. “I believe that European bakers are champions of properly balanced sweets and I aspire daily to be more like the Ottolenghi and Claire Ptak of the pastry world”

Using only the freshest ingredients and the finest techniques, Chris's menu of delicately flavored buttercream icings, crisp biscuits, and a plethora of flaky pastries changes with the seasons, with a few year-round favorites. Recently seen on Miyoko’s butter channel preparing gingerbread cinnamon rolls

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Chef Josie Clemens

Peeled Judge

Chef Josie Clemens

Cooking for celebrities, running a vegan food truck, and working at cutting-edge vegan fine dining establishments has taken vegan chef Josie Clemens all over the United States. She also opened the "godfather of vegan cuisine" Chef Matthew Kenney's restaurant in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Clemens worked in hotels, restaurants, and banquet halls throughout her adolescence and early adulthood. She relocated to Los Angeles, where she opened her own catering company and managed a vegan bakery called The Ridiculous Baking Company and began her career as a chef.

She's presented her own fine dining vegan experiences all over the world.

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Dr. Miles Woodruff

Peeled Judge

Dr. Miles Woodruff

Miles Woodruff, PhD. is a leading food tech entrepreneur, conservationist, philanthropist, and impact investor. Miles is a trained chef and graduated from Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. He is the CEO and Co-founder of Sophie’s Kitchen, a leading plant-based food technology company specializing in vegan seafood alternatives. Woodruff, a committed vegan, spent years working for Dr. Jane Goodall in the Congo where he supported her frontline primate conservation efforts. He wholeheartedly believes that food systems should be ethical and good for people, the environment, and the global economy.

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Elysabeth Alfano

Peeled Judge

Elysabeth Alfano

Elysabeth Alfano: In addition to her work as a media personality, producer, and host, Elysabeth Alfano also stars in the cooking show New Day, New Chef. She was also the Host of the The Celebrity Dinner Party 2012-2017 CAN TV/WGN Radio. A Northwestern University and American Graduate School of International Business graduate, Elysabeth has been bridging the gap between entertainers, influencers and the public for more than 20 years.

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Meet Our Contestants

Meet our 2022 Season 1 Peeled Contestants!

Chef Jaena Moynihan

2022 Peeled Contestant

Chef Jaena Moynihan

Chef Jaena Moynihan: At the moment, Jaena is training to become a board-certified Health and Wellness Coach (Spring 2023) after completing an Associates degree (1999) in Culinary Arts, as well as an additional certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition (2021). Her preferred cuisine is healthier takes on classic comfort foods. She currently lives in Phoenix, AZ and runs Phoenix Vegan Wellness, a blog and online educational platform dedicated to helping people heal their bodies, nourish their spirits, and reshape their lives through a plant-based diet.

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Chef Nicole Derseweh

2022 Peeled Contestant

Chef Nicole Derseweh

Chef Nicole Derseweh: Le Cordon Bleu-trained vegan chef Nicole Derseweh has written a best-selling cookbook and serves as a personal chef to some of Hollywood's most health-conscious celebrities. An all-vegan version of Wolfgang Puck's famous smoked salmon and caviar pizza has recently been shot for a TV cooking show pilot by one of Hollywood's most prestigious TV production companies after she hosted and produced her own successful YouTube cooking show for two years.

In order to help those in need, she founded the Martha Project, a Los Angeles-based charity that has provided over 2,000 meals to the city's homeless population.

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Chef Donald Lemperle

2022 Peeled Contestant

Chef Donald Lemperle

Chef Donald Lemperle was raised in his family's restaurant on Staten Island, New York, and has more than 30 years of experience in the restaurant industry. Le Bernardin, Quilted Giraffe and Sign of the Dove are just some of the top New York City restaurants where he's worked in the kitchens.

He worked as the executive chef at Park Avalon in New York City, as well as the James Hotel and the Mondrian Hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona, before moving on to other positions of leadership.

He was able to see how our current food system was harming our health and the environment because of his transformation. He wanted to make a difference in the community by providing fresh, healthy, plant-based foods that were tasty, fun to eat as well as easy to find.

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Chef Sandra Hurtault

2022 Peeled Contestant

Chef Sandra Hurtault

Chef Sandra Hurtault: Sandra was born and raised in France. Her grandfather was an engineer and a certified chef with a passion for watercolor painting. Sandra's mother was a gifted artist and cook from birth. Growing up, she learned a lot by seeing her in the kitchen. Although she has enjoyed her career and all the rewards that came with it, real estate and finance were never her true interests.

As a child, she began baking and quickly progressed to focusing on fine dining presentation and flavor combinations. As a 16-year-old, she was already presenting three-tier cakes and sampling menus to guests. She enjoys coming up with a menu and then preparing and serving delicious food..

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Meet Our Creative Team!

Created by
Star Simmons

Co-Created by
Josie Clemens

Directed by
David Trotter

Produced by
Snowden Bishop
David Trotter

Executive Producer
Kaushika Patel

Executive Producer
Alpesh Patel

Story by
Laura Ball
Snowden Bishop
Josie Clemens
Jia Dadabhoy
Jillian Denzel
Star Simmons

Director of Photography
Derek Derville

Co-Director (Studio Unit)
Terra Bennet Smith

Production Designer
Laura Ball

First Assistant Director
Jia Dadabhoy

Line Producer
Sean Russell

First Assistant Art Director
Meranda Puett

Production Coordinator
Meranda Puett

Culinary Producer
Chef Josie Clemens

Consulting Producer
Jonathan Unger

Culinary Co-producer
Chef Chris Tucker

Publicist
Roger Neal Public Relations

Camera Operators
Derek Derville
Tyler Rayburn
Carlos Rodriguez
Bobby Sudd

Jib Operator/Technician
Derek Derville

First Assistant Camera
Travon Collins

Still Photographers
Travon Collins
Tyler Rayburn

Lighting Design
David Trotter

Sound Mix & Recording
Mark Orozco

Set Designer
Laura Ball

Set Decorator
Cherr Barragan

Assistant Set Decorator
Mackenzie Amar

Prop Designer
Ninh Chau

Makeup
Miguel Julio
Cherr Barragan

Logo Design
Robyn Rolfes

Post Production House
In Color Studios

Editors
Anna Khusnutdinova
Ed Gregory
Aaron Saltzman
Daniel Saenz

Assistant Editors
Laura Ball
Sara Cano
Star Simmons
David Trotter

Voice Over Artist
Taylor Swilley

Post Supervisor
Laura Ball

Script Supervisor
Snowden Bishop

Script Editors
Laura Ball
Jillian Denzel

Craft Services
Daikon
Tacotarian

Medic
Guardian Elite Medical Services, LLC.

Special Thanks to:

All Friends Animal Sanctuary
Copper Branch Vegan Restaurants
Las Vegas Animal Save
Las Vegas Vegan Culinary School & Eatery
Melt Organic
Mother Earth Vegan Hotel, Costa Rica

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