Top Vegan | Season 2: Episode 1 | The Signature Dish Challenge

Top Vegan is back! 8 new contestants compete in Mitchell Hall, Columbus State's state of the art culinary facility, to vie for business mentorship, a $20,000 CASH prize, and the title of this years "Top Vegan". New challenges, judges, and more await this season!
New episodes every other Thursday, right here on the official Top Vegan KZbin channel.
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Director - LOGAN SOLANA
Host - CHAD GOODWIN
Executive Producer - LOGAN SOLANA
Executive Producer - CHAD GOODWIN
Producer - SAVANNAH WEBB
Producer - MORGAN JERGENS
Director of Photography - JACK MILLER
Editor & Colorist - JOSH HALE
1st AD - MAX KAPLAN
2nd AD - PATRICK PHILLIPS
Second-Second AD - CHANSE MCDUFFIE
Camera Ops - FABIO SOUZA, GRACIE BECKER, CAMERON HANSON, SAMMY LAHIRI
1st AC - NATALIE VORBEL
Media Manager - ADAM DEPEW
Gaffer - JON CIBELLA
Key Grip - STEVE VARGO
Grip - ELIJAH JIMENEZ
Lead Sound Mixer - SAM THOMPSON
Sound Mixer - CALEB FAIZI
Re-Recording Mixer - JOSH HALE
Key Make-up Artist - LIZ DEFLICE
Key Production Assistant - HAYDEN PARSONS
Production Assistants - MOLLY MITCHELL, PIPER BUCKLEY, LACRISTA SOLANA, LIZ DEFLICE
Set Photographer - DAN MITCHELL
Created and hosted by Chad Goodwin.
A Clubhouse Films production. Directed by Logan Solana.
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[@JungleJimsMarket]

Hey everyone! Thanks for having me guest judge on this episode - it was so cool to be a part of what you've built here and I loved meeting all the contestants!

[@topvegan]

It was so fun having you! I think Top Vegan needs to come to Jungle Jim’s for an episode next time 🌱

[@eves714]

These episodes should be way longer! Everything felt so rushed once the finished cooking. I wanna hear more about the food and what you guys think about it!

[@KerriEverlasting]

Agree 100% for the amount of effort it could be at least x 2 longer Imo best show on the internet ❤❤❤❤❤

[@susana.esteves]

LOVE IT! please do longer episodes!! specially on the dishes presentation / review. I would also like to know the participants a little more

[@neivafrost]

Yay! So glad to have Top Vegan back!

[@sarahdee374]

What I loved about season 1 is the spirit of cooperation, instead of the hate and backbiting of other reality shows. It appears that they're continuing with the positive, kind culture, and I'm very happy to be watching! I'd rather they not use the highly processed meats, though. I LOVE imagining the flavors of all the creative vegan dishes!!

[@AlexJDoming]

The creativity of these first round dishes is bonkers and it’s only episode one! We’re in for a great season. So glad the show’s back

[@m0thw1n9]

OMG YESSSS WE'RE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@topvegan]

WE’RE SO BACK 🏆🌱

[@sarahdee374]

Hey, could we have a short update on the winner of season 1, please??

[@teresastone5546]

I'm just the runner-up, but as the result of of Top Vegan, I did launch my business "Sumac and Sage" specializing in vegan cooking instruction (including virtual) and personal chef services. I also do occasional pop-ups, and will be taking over the kitchen at Mazu in Yellow Springs, Ohio in November, preparing an all-from-scratch, elevated New Orleans-inspired dinner! Top Vegan changed my life, and I will be forever indebted to Chad Goodwin!

[@evec2022]

@@teresastone5546 Amazing!! Great job!

[@teresastone5546]

Season 2 of Top Vegan is back bigger and better! Wow!! Loved the personalities, food, and diverse backgrounds of this new batch of contestants. Chad is charming and funny as ever; I enjoyed the guest judge's energy, too. The background music has been toned down...the production quality is great. Just a wonderful show!! Looking forward to the rest of the season!

[@topvegan]

Couldn’t have done it without an excellent first round of contestants to launch the show! ❤️ Love you Teresa! Gotta collab again soon 🌱

[@teresastone5546]

@@topvegan For sure!! Gotta get through my pop-up in November, but then I will be itching to do another sometime in the new year!

[@PontusAleryd]

So excited about this!!! 🎉 grateful we got another season!! Can’t wait for the rest!! 💜🩷🩵🤍

[@sagebushstone9990]

Great first episode!! Lots of talented chefs! Looking forward to the rest of the season!

[@Lorenzo_That_Vegan_Dad]

We're in for a great season. Awesome contestants.

[@d_blue3]

I feel like the tasting phase should be a bit slower and we should get a better see of the judges initial reactions to the taste but other than that love the show

[@rowenaanderson3739]

This is the only reality tv i watch. It makes me feel less alone in this non-vegan world. Plus, its positive.

[@jamesveganized]

Yay the new season is here! 🎉

[@Muircure]

W swag and vegan shiiii

[@KissyKat]

Loved season 1, and this was a great start to season 2!🎉❤

[@gamerunner28]

Big fan!

[@alievers2024]

So excited for this season!!

[@christianlacroix5430]

LET'S GOOOO! I want to drool.

[@MiaXGrey]

So excited 😍

[@dreamcometruesubliminals3974]

Aaaaaaaa.... So freaking excited 🎉

[@masta182]

I'm very excited to see this come back. Sarah looks like a very strong pick for a possible winner, but the competition appears very solid as well. I'm also stoked about the international representation.

[@topvegan]

Lots of great culinary and cultural styles represented this season, we spent A LOT of time at our local international grocer, Saraga ! ✈️

[@mfranck1]

Woohoo!!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@Daniedaniem39]

I’m so excited for this new season ❤

[@tobynsaunders]

"There aren't a lot of flavors in German cuisine.", so, naturally, she presented that in a cooking competition. 😁 I dare say there are flavorful German dishes.

[@riemi2689]

This is proof (again) that vegans are lovely people, happy this is back😊❤

[@nicolaspirlet]

Finallyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!

[@Lorenzo_That_Vegan_Dad]

Hohohooo yea!

[@annikakolb6667]

This is just such a joy to watch! cruelty-free recipes, real skills, so much culinary creativity and the overall amazing atmosphere. Top Vegan really proves that cooking contests don't have to be the redundant tv format. And the production quality and directing is top-notch

[@loudboomboom]

Liquid death sponsored?? Love it!

[@veman5409]

If you haven't checked out this guy's restaurant, 4th and state, it's a must. Super Tasty

[@meltulip2822]

I love this show, I'm so glad you're back! Every dish looked amazing!

[@amyjacob2100]

Yay! I’m thrilled to see Top Vegan return!

[@onegrubcommunity]

Good luck to all the contestants! Let’s goooo!!🎉

[@richardlynch1094]

Am i dreaming? Wish you guys all the success in the WORLD! GO VEGAN!

[@4everfaithfulun2Him]

Chad coming through with another banger. Keep making Columbus vegans proud! Excellent line up once again. Excited for these chefs and their journey 🎉. And kudos for giving the governor's mansion a spotlight.

[@wildoceanappaloosawomangay2535]

Thank you for being vegan and showing non-vegans that they can eat well as a vegan Now, please do a raw vegan show! Cara Brotman is queen of raw vegan! End the Holocaust on the animals, earth and humans’ health by being vegan!🌱 🌱

[@caninedrill_instructor5861]

Even though I'm not a vegan, I'm happy season two has begun.

[@veman5409]

What's holdin ya back?

[@katieromano]

Love seeing vegan chefs cook and kindly connect while competing in the kitchen. All of the dishes were inspiring. I need more of this show!

[@noweladdishin4436]

Chef Nowel here from Season 1. Great job chefs! 💜

[@loudboomboom]

Wooooo! Top vegan!!!!

[@Paco-pu2if]

Big fan of Sarah

[@JonnyVeganSeed]

So hyped for this second season. Go vegans!

[@ipsilonia]

excited for season 2!! i love that (spoiler) no one was eliminated this ep! such a feel good show with very talented contestants and a great host :)

[@elanakotze4948]

Yay! This was great can’t wait for episode 2!!! ❤❤❤

[@sonjaBiblio]

Great, great, great! I already love every minute of it! 😍😋

[@joseraimundomarques8735]

Loved it! Greetings from Brasilia - Brasil. Here in Brasil we don't have vegans realities. I loved the first season.

[@Travisb238]

lol @ that Liquid Death product placement. So glad this show is back!!

[@topvegan]

Had to give a shout out to the Liquid Death homies! 😂🌱💦

[@tinitrifle]

Congrats to Jani! It took me years to figure out how to veganism my grandmother’s arroz con gondules y pernil, and I am so proud the PR flavors won!

[@MrCDAJR]

Season 3, I want all the smoke 😊

[@TheMark]

We are so back

[@PropheticCoachTheresa]

Just a shout out to Matteo and Elisa, I know your dishes were amazing and wish I could taste them! One of the things with contests is the judging at the end of the day is subjective.

[@topvegan]

It absolutely is - and it’s even tougher when all the dishes are amazing!

[@evec2022]

Looking forward to Thursdays now!

[@topvegan]

Episode 2 comes out next Thursday 10/10!

[@szepe100]

Hi guys, love this show a lot ❤ can’t wait for episode 2! Best from Hungary 😊

[@angelapowell9030]

I am excited about this show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@seagreenm]

Finally 🙌🏽🙌🏽🌿

[@Mimulus2717]

this looks to be a very strong field of chefs. I so wish they spent more time in the edit showing us each dish with close ups at the final tasting. And that there was less time spent with drama in the kitchen and instead focused on the actual taste, flavor combinations, spices used. Generic comments like "well balanced" or "spicy" do not go a long way to explaining taste. I've never had Jamacian jerk sauce for example (but would like to try it!) so the judges or chef explaining what spices go into a typical jerk would be helpful.

[@inesbc2001]

100% agree! Very well put.

[@jaymayhoi]

fun show, love watching this. Also every dish looks insanely good 😲

[@christianurbina5758]

im going to be busy for the next for year or two. Im going to be on this one way or another. Great dishes btw I'm getting inspired.

[@GaryGintzler]

Great work, SOS Free would be a nice addition to the challenge! Way to go chefs:)

[@PatW-k7j]

Awesome show - th;asks!

[@BookDancing]

Five minutes in, KZbin served me up an ad for paleo meat sticks. 🤢🤮

[@topvegan]

the algorithm still has some work to do 🤢

[@joanavicente5493]

I loved this !

[@devicebackup664]

I’m a big fan of Love from London

[@zachcain2639]

Glad to see you back! Love this show. Like the other comment just said feel free to make the episodes longer. If you want, I would certainly appreciate more time to watch because I love this show :-)

[@MinxyBeth]

Go Dez!!

[@Kantwait4it]

I am so glad to see it back. Would also want the episodes a bit longer. Would be great to have all the participants also have a taste of everyone else’s food and give a 1 to 5 ratings … can’t wait for the next episode…(is there already a date revealed for the next episodes?)

[@topvegan]

Episode 2 is coming out next Thursday, 10/10! ❤️

[@ericfarias4066]

So pumped season 2 is here 🙌

[@janizelespinosa]

My favorite line was “cold rice anyone?” lol did anyone catch that?

[@ipsilonia]

i always wonder how they keep dishes warm 😭

[@topvegan]

Mine was “she’s so pretty” ✨ when you were plating the dish 😂

[@janycedeniseglasper]

Yay! “Top Vegan” is finally back! I’d been refreshing all day! It’s great to have a nice show to watch while eating an excellent homemade vegan meal. Good luck to this new season of chefs. 🙌🏾🫶🏾🤎🔥🔥🔥

[@veggiesavvy]

Nice! Would have loved to have the recipes on a website or something?

[@princedoge4586]

Hell yeah, but also why was the tasting portion so sped up?

[@poppy2443]

Does anybody know of good online vegan cooking education? Excited for this season 🥰

[@jennym744]

Gaz oakley!

[@topvegan]

Tons of great recipe videos on KZbin, there are also a few online programs from culinary schools like Escoffier !

[@222_______________78]

finally!!!

[@allison9995]

They them. Sheesh

[@terquin4638]

Can we have the top dish recipe please? Thanks 🙏

[@purecitrine5321]

When’s the next episode coming out?🥰

[@topvegan]

Thursday Oct 10 !!

[@susanclendaniel8438]

Hmmm, the winner used a proceed food

[@wildoceanappaloosawomangay2535]

Does he have food in his beard

[@c.leee.5613]

As a fifty plus year vegan and professional chef I was disappointed in all of these dishes. Vegan cuisine is far more vibrant, colorful and creative than what we saw here. A far wider array of ingredients is the palette these days and that shows up in far more attractive plating. The contestants are simply not good enough representatives of the types of genius that we now see in vegan kitchens globally. Producers have to work harder to find contestants and have to do more research before they do their shopping for the pantry. This is clearly Columbus heavy!

[@Lorenzo_That_Vegan_Dad]

Were you rejected? Show me on the doll where the Chad hurt you. 😂 Old people always think they're the best. 🙄

[@janizelespinosa]

You should apply seeing as you think none of us are good enough🤷🏽‍♀️. Maybe daddy Chad will pick you for the next round of not so good chefs.

[@c.leee.5613]

@@janizelespinosa In every profession there are levels of expertise. Why are you bothered by that?

[@Babu-kr3cr]

If I found any of those dishes in a restaurant, I would gladly order it instead of another vegi burger.

[@Rpgvegan87]

Amazing start for Season 2, Let go

[@Daniedaniem39]

I’m so excited for this new season ❤