Toni Fiore is an American TV host, cookbook author, and chef, focusing on vegetarian and vegan dishes.[1][2][3]
Fiore was born to an Italian-American father and a German mother, and spent her teens and 20s in Italy. Fiore is a self-taught chef and she lives in Cumberland, Maine.[4]
Fiore hosts the TV shows Totally Vegetarian and Vegan Mashup, produced by creator Betsy Carson, Delicious TV [5][6] where she joins co-hosts cookbook author Terry Hope Romero and vegan cheese entrepreneur Miyoko Schinner. Both shows air on PBS and PBS Create stations across the United States; on the Roku Plant-Based Network[7] and on other streaming platforms. In 2008, Da Capo Lifelong Books published Totally Vegetarian: Easy, Fast, Comforting Cooking for Every Kind of Vegetarian, by Fiore.[8][9][10]
Filming on Totally Vegetarian began in 2002 at the cable access station in Portland, Maine before it was picked up by PBS; 52 episodes were produced.[4] Fiore began filming Vegan Mashup in 2012, and guest chefs on the show have included Bryant Terry, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, Girl Gone Raw Elizabeth Fraser, and Cathi DiCocco.[11]
Between 2008 and 2013, Fiore hosted the VegEZ podcast.
Fiore is known for creating many vegetarian and vegan recipes, including millet beet burgers, dijon tempeh, tunno sandwiches, and eggplant meatballs.[12][13][14]