Vegan Top Chef in New York
Vegan foodstall in New York City wins top chef award. This is great because it means even more people are going to go and try vegan food and see how delicious and varied it is. It isn’t always lettuce and something brown! Infact being made to think differently about your food and be made aware of new ingredients means that most people when they adopt a vegan diet have a more varied diet that in their past eating lives.
Thiru “The Dosa Man” Kumar.
Kumar, who runs NY Dosa, a vegan food cart at Washington Square Park South and Sullivan Street, won the third annual Vendy Award, which is bestowed upon the city’s top street chef vendor. Kumar, who had competed unsuccessfully in the two previous Vendy Awards, finally won for his specialty Pondicherry dosas, a type of filled crepe. He accepted the large silver Vendy cup on Saturday night.
Kumar beat out four other finalists: Veronica Julien from Veronica’s Kitchen at Front Street and Pine Streets; Muhammed Rahman from Kwik Meal at 46th Street and Avenue of the Americas; the 10-member crew at Super Taco at 96th Street and Broadway; and Farez “Freddy” Zeideia of The King of Falafel and Shawarma at 30th Street and Broadway in Astoria, Queens.
The public whittled several hundred entrants down to the five finalists. A panel that included former Food Network host Sara Moulton then selected this year’s winner.
