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    Sam Turnbull is a world-renowned, award-winning, bestselling cookbook author. Known affectionately for her sunny personality, she will brighten your kitchen with delicious plant-based meals that everyone loves (vegan or not)! She is the author of the best-selling cookbooks Fuss-Free Vegan and Fast Easy Cheap Vegan published by Appetite by Random House. Fast Easy Cheap Vegan won the silver medal for best cookbook in Canada at the 2022 Taste Canada Awards.

    Sam also runs an online cooking school, a subscription meal planner, and is a social media influencer with 500k + followers across her channels. Sam and her recipes have been featured across TV, radio, magazines, newspapers, podcasts, public speaking events, prominent websites, and in multiple notable cookbooks. Sam has also worked with a number of notable brands such as Impossible Foods, Bowflex, Fairmont Hotels, Breville Canada, Beyond Meat, and more.

    For business inquiries, please email Adam (IDTLC Inc., Director of Business and Operations).


     

    TV:

    Be sure to check out Sam's YouTube channel.

    RADIO:

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    CBC Fresh Air with Nana Aba Duncan

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    CBC All in a Day with Alan Neal

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    Newstalk 1010 - Let's Eat with Zane Caplansky

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    CBC The Homestretch

     

    Awards:

    • 2022 Taste Canada Awards (Silver) Best cookbook in Canada for Fast Easy Cheap Vegan
    • 2021 IVFF Cookbook Winners: Fast Easy Cheap Vegan (3rd Place)
    • Winner of "Star of the Show" with Food Network’s celebrity Chef Michael Smith.
    • Top Vegan Blog on World of Vegan
    • Best Vegan Cookbooks on BookRiot
    • 10 Best Vegan Cookbooks on wiki.ezvid.com
    • Nominated for NOW Toronto Readers Choice Awards for Best Blogger 2016


    Magazines & Newspapers:

    • Canadian Vegan Magazine (Cover)
    • The Toronto Star
    • Chatelaine
    • Salon
    • The Globe and Mail
    • Yahoo! News
    • Vegan Food & Living
    • VegNews
    • TOI Magazine
    • Healthy Juicing Magazine
    • Raw Food Magazine
    • IMPACT Magazine
    • VegNews
    • VegNews
    • IMPACT Magazine
    • Runners World


    PUBLIC SPEAKING:

    • Christmas in November at Jasper Fairmont
    • TIFF
    • VegExpo
    • Veg Food Fest
    • Canada’s Baking and Sweets Show
    • Montreal Vegan Festival
    • VegFest London
    • Food Bloggers of Canada Conference
    • Free From + Allergy Friendly Expo
    • Sustainability Block Party

    Podcasts:

    • Main Street Vegan Podcast
    • Live Planted Podcast
    • Brown Vegan Podcast
    • Plant Trainers
    • Food Blogger Pro
    • Veg Out episode 410
    • Veg Out episode 405
    • Your Favorite Sandwich
    • Keep on Cookin'
    • Plantfull Life
    • The Vanfoodster Podcast
    • Chef AJ: Interview and Cooking with Sam Turnbull

    Other publications:

    • Recipes donated to Eat For the Planet Cookbook published by Harry N. Abrams
    • Recipe donated to The Soup Sisters Family Cookbook published by Appetite by Random House
    • Recipe donated to Taste for Life cookbook published by ABC Books - Harper Collins Australia

    Notable Sites:

    • Food Network
    • Porch.com
    • Dr. Oz The Good Life
    • Dr. Axe
    • Healthline
    • CBC
    • Buzzfeed
    • Eat This, Not That
    • Prevention
    • CountryLiving
    • Live Kindly
    • GoodHousekeeping.com
    • GoodHousekeeping.co.uk
    • FitnessMagazine.com
    • Huffington Post
    • Huffington Post
    • WomansDay
    • Eluxe Magazine

    Want to send me your vegan product to test out?

    My mailing address is below. Please note that if I love a product, I’m likely to share it with my audience, but acceptance of your gift does not guarantee that I will use it in a post or social share.

    Sam Turnbull
    P.O. Box 75346
    1015 Lakeshore Blvd E
    Toronto, ON, Canada
    M4M 1B0

    For business inquiries, please email Adam (IDTLC Inc., Director of Business and Operations).

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