Book Talk: "The Vegan Creamery" ft Chef Miyoko Schinner

Join us at Farming Hope to welcome award winning chef, author, entrepreneur, and culinary activist Miyoko Schinner. Chef Miyoko will share her culinary inspirations, her journey in helping to create a better food system, and more with our community. Small bites and wine included. Bites will be prepared by Chef Miyoko and Farming Hope Apprentices with recipes from her latest book, "The Vegan Creamery."

About Chef Miyoko Schinner:

Miyoko Schinner is an award-winning chef, author, entrepreneur and speaker. The founder of Miyoko’s Creamery, she is often credited for bringing vegan cheese to mainstream audiences. She also founded Rancho Compasión, a non-profit farmed animal sanctuary and education center for school-age youth. She currently teaches a food systems course at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.

Among her many awards as an activist, cultural icon and food innovator, Miyoko was named to the coveted inaugural list of Forbes 50 Over 50, a “Game Changer” by Food and Wine Magazine, a Top 100 Female Founder by INC., and a “Vegan Revolutionary” by UN Women.

Miyoko is the author of seven cookbooks, including the bestselling The Homemade Vegan Pantry, the book credited for launching the vegan cheese revolution, Artisan Vegan Cheese, and her most recent, The Vegan Creamery (September 2025). She was featured in a 4-part Netflix series, You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment, co-hosted the cooking show Vegan Mashup that aired for three seasons on PBS, and currently hosts a show on YouTube.

Miyoko has spoken all over the world including at TedX Athens, Saudi Arabia, Italy, and Korea, as well as home in the US at industry conferences and companies such as Google, Dropbox, The Smithsonian, and more. She is regularly featured on podcasts and interviews.

Miyoko has three grown children and resides in West Marin with her dogs, cats, and the over 100 animals of Rancho Compasión.

Website: https://www.miyokoschinner.com/

Instagram and LinkedIn: @miyokoschinner

About Farming Hope:

Farming Hope is a culinary job training and food justice nonprofit. We provide paid transitional job training to individuals overcoming obstacles to employment, offer nutritious culturally relevant meals and groceries free of charge to food-insecure families, and rescue food that would otherwise go to waste.

There is street parking and a few parking lots around the area. The closest parking garage is the Opera Plaza Parking Garage with entrances on Golden Gate Ave & Turk Street.