Candice Hutchings

Candice Hutchings (born May 16, 1988) is a Canadian YouTube personality, vegan chef, comedian, and author. She runs a YouTube cookery-related channel The Edgy Veg. Since beginning her channel in October 2012, her videos have received over 31 million views (December 2022), and her channel has accumulated over 457 thousand subscribers.^[2] As of March 2017, she was one of the most popular vegan chefs on YouTube.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Candice Hutchings
Candice Hutchings cooking "vegan fried chicken" (Seitan)
Personal information
Born	(1988-05-16) May 16, 1988 (age 36) Lahr, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Nationality	Canadian
Occupations	YouTuber actress author chef comedian vegan activist
Website	theedgyveg.com
YouTube information
Also known as	The Edgy Veg
Channel	Edgy Veg
Years active	2012–present
Genres	Vegan cooking comedy vegan lifestyle
Subscribers	457.00 thousand[1]
Total views	31.37 million[1]
Network	Kin Community
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 2016
Last updated: 15 Dec 2022

Career

In December 2009, Hutchings created a blog site called "The Edgy Veggie" where she posted raw and vegan recipes. In 2013 she renamed it to "The Edgy Veg", to, as she puts it "not be so cutesie". Also in 2013, she was working with the company, Belmonte Raw, as an administrative supervisor.^[9] As of March 2017, her website received over 200,000 pageviews per month, is regularly referenced by media, and other vegan chefs.^[10][11]

In October 2012, Hutchings started a YouTube channel under the pseudonym "The Edgy Veg", where she posts videos of her vegan recipes. One of her focuses is to create vegan versions of classic comfort foods.^[12] Popular recipes featured on her channel include vegan versions of hamburgers and chicken wings.^[13] In October 2015, she quit her job in advertising to work on the channel full-time.^[13] As of March 2017, the channel has received over 9.8 million views, and over 200,000 subscribers.^[2][14][15]

Hutchings has appeared on CTV Television Network's The Social,^[16][17] SiriusXM's "What She Said!"^[18] and was a featured creator as part of the launch of Canada's first YouTube Space.^[19][20][21] She was also a featured creator at the 2016 Buffer Festival where she screened her video "Fantastic Vegans and Where to Find Them".^[22][23] She has worked as a mentor to other, newer YouTubers in Toronto.^[24]

In 2017, Hutchings made her debut as a published author, releasing her first cookbook titled The Edgy Veg, Carnivore Approved Recipes.^[25][26] She toured throughout North America. As of 2016, she has been a contributing chef/author for Chloe Coscarelli's byCHLOE vegan restaurant chain based in New York City.^[27]

Books

• The Edgy Veg: 138 Carnivore-Approved Vegan Recipes, ISBN 0778805816

Awards

Year	Award Show	Category	Result	Ref.
2018	9th Annual TASTE AWARDS	Best Home Chef in a Series	Won	[28]
2017	Taste Canada Awards	Best Health and Special Diet Blog	Nominated	[29]
2016	Taste Awards	Best Instructional Web Series	Nominated	[30]
	Now Magazine Readers Choice Awards	Best Blogger	Nominated	[31]
	Toronto Veg Awards	Favourite Local Pro-Veg YouTube Channel	Nominated	[32]
2013	Best Health Mag	Best Health Blog Awards	Won (Runner Up)	[33]

See also

• List of YouTube personalities

References

1. "About Edgy Veg". YouTube.
2. "The Edgy Veg YouTube About". YouTube. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
3. "The 50+ Best Vegan YouTubers to Follow in 2016". nutriciously. November 7, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
4. "20 Best Vegan Youtube Channels – Page 2 of 2 – Very Vegan Recipes". Very Vegan Recipes. May 6, 2015. Archived from the original on May 19, 2017. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
5. "20 Vegan Cooking Channels to Follow on Youtube". Vegan Enthusiasts. January 15, 2017. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
6. "11 best vegan YouTube channels – Healthista". Healthista.com. February 15, 2017. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
7. "INTERVIEW WITH CANDICE OF THE EDGY VEG - Win Friends With Salad". Win Friends With Salad. April 28, 2016. Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
8. "10 Vegan YouTubers You Should Know". Brown Vegan. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
9. Luu, Kimberley (April 16, 2013). "Belmonte Raw - Toronto Guardian". Toronto Guardian. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
10. "The Edgy Veg Recipe Round Up". LoveWildLiveFree. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
11. "The Edgy Veg's Chick'n and Biscuits & Jackfruit Tacos - Mary's Test Kitchen". Mary's Test Kitchen. August 27, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
12. Welowszky, Jane (May 20, 2017). "Sir Winston Churchill and Harley Quinn rock out to '80s dance tunes: Pet Psyche". Toronto Star. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
13. Abraham, Lois (May 14, 2016). "Vegans like junk food, too". Times Colonist. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
14. "The Edgy Veg - Toronto Guardian". Toronto Guardian. May 28, 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
15. Girdwain, Alyssa. "If You've Ever Wondered What Vegans Actually Eat, This Is For You". Refinery29. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
16. "Dessert Recipes with a Super unique Ingredient". The Social. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
17. "Meat Free Recipes for Your Next BBQ". The Social. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
18. "Making Vegan a Little Less Blah with The Edgy Veg". SiriusXM. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
19. "YouTube Studio Opens in Toronto". CBC. April 27, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
20. "Canada's First YouTube Space Launches in Toronto". ETalk. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
21. "YouTube Space: 5 creators on what the studio means to them | Toronto Star". thestar.com. April 27, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
22. "Buffer Festival Comedy Screening – The Edgy Veg". Buffer Festival. Archived from the original on March 31, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
23. "Fantastic Vegans and Where to Find Them". YouTube. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
24. Rody-Mantha, Bree (November 28, 2016). "YouTube names up-and-coming Canadian creators". Media in Canada. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
25. Hutchings, Candice; Aita, James (October 1, 2017). The Edgy Veg: Carnivore-Approved Vegan Recipes. Robert Rose. ISBN 9780778805816.
26. Robertson, Becky (July 17, 2017). "Daily Deals: Robert Rose to publish cookbook by Edgy Veg YouTuber Candice Hutchings". Quill and Quire. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
27. "by CHLOE. Contributing Chef – by CHLOE". by CHLOE. November 23, 2016. Archived from the original on April 1, 2017. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
28. "TASTE AWARDS Announce Best New Series, Film, and Other Winners". thetasteawards.com. April 11, 2018. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
29. "2017 Submissions - Taste Canada AwardsTaste Canada Awards". tastecanada.org. Archived from the original on July 13, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
30. "8TH ANNUAL TASTE AWARDS FINALISTS AND HONOREES ANNOUNCED". TasteTV. December 4, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
31. "Pick Toronto's best Instagrammer, blogger and city councillor". July 25, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
32. "Toronto Veg Awards 2016" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 14, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
33. "Best Health Blog Awards 2013". Best Health Magazine Canada. November 25, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2017.

External links

• Official website
• Candice Hutchings's channel on YouTube