Lauren Toyota

Lauren Toyota is a vegan cookbook author and creator of the blog, Hot for Food.

[1] Her great-grandparents emigrated from Japan to Canada,[1] and her grandparents were in internment camps during WWII.

[1] In 2003, she graduated from Durham College with a degree in Music Business Management.

[2] Toyota began her career in Canadian Television, as a host for MTV Canada,[1][2] a former MuchMusic VJ,[1][2] and a co-host of 969.

[1][2] In 2014, she gave up her work in television, in order to develop her vegan blog and YouTube channel, Hot for Food.