Opinion 15 vegan YouTube channels you’ll wish you subscribed to sooner

Craving easy vegan recipe ideas? These plant-based YouTubers deliver binge-worthy cooking tutorials and mouthwatering meal inspiration!

Looking for some new vegan YouTube channels to subscribe to? Whether you’re entirely new to plant-based food or have been eating veg for years, YouTube is an absolute goldmine for gathering meal ideas and daily motivation.

✅ Vegan supermarket finds and product reviews? Check! 

🐷 Adorable animal videos? SO MANY!! 

😙 Easy, drool-worthy vegan recipe ideas from pro chefs? You bet! 

Ready to binge-watch vegan food inspo? We’ve rounded up some of the best vegan YouTube channels to subscribe to for plant-based cooking inspiration. Boasting millions of subscribers and literally billions of views between them, you know you’re in good hands, no matter your level of experience in the kitchen!

1. Amanda Ducks

 

If you love simple, nourishing vegan meals with a side of cosy vlogs, Gold Coast-based recipe creator Amanda Ducks has curated the vibey vegan YouTube channel of your dreams! Her laid-back Aussie charm and beautifully filmed videos make plant-based meal-prepping feel effortless with heaps of flavour-packed ‘what I eat in a day‘ and ‘what I eat in a week‘ videos to take inspiration from. 

Think tofu scrambles, noodle soups, smoothie bowls, peanut stews, and hearty bowls that are as easy to make as they are delicious (i.e. very)!

2. Peaceful Cuisine

 

Ryoya Takashima’s thoughtfully curated and incredibly calming corner of the internet, Peaceful Cuisine, is a masterclass in aesthetically soothing, ASMR-style cooking. Every video is infused with mindful intention and is guaranteed to make you swoon with the slow, relaxing atmosphere. 

Ryoya’s most popular recipes include vegan dumplings, blueberry cake, miso ramen, and these pretty-as-a-picture mini lemon curd tarts. And he’s just as adept at creating simple and beautiful plant-based cuisine as he is at handcrafting the plates he serves his meals on! A true gem 😌✨

3. Sarah’s Vegan Kitchen

 

From crispy sesame tofu and vegan smoked salmon to cosy winter soups and high-protein meal ideas for the week, Sarah’s nourishing yet indulgent recipes just keep coming! 

All her meal suggestions are super realistic, achievable, and just as down-to-earth as she is, which makes every video feel like you’re cooking with a friend – if that friend happened to have a penchant for comforting vegan dishes and be ridiculously knowledgeable in the kitchen, that is. (If you don’t already have that friend, you’ll soon be that friend after a few Sarah’s Vegan Kitchen videos!)

4. Yeung Man Cooking

 

Wil from Yeung Man Cooking is here to help you cook a delightfully diverse range of plant-based dishes with absolute confidence. Whether you’re craving take-away-style garlic chilli noodles, wholesome lentil soup, satay ramen, or crispy tofu katsu, on his vegan YouTube channel, you’re always in for a chef ’s-kiss-level meal. 

With cinematically filmed episodes and fresh recipe ideas dropping every week, Wil’s constantly posting something new to inspire your next culinary adventure – and you’ll soon find yourself intrepidly exploring flavours inspired by cuisines from all over the world!

5. Pick Up Limes

 

One of our fave vegan YouTube channels, dietetics graduate and passionate foodie Sadia (the creative mind behind Pick Up Limes) is on a quest to nourish cells and souls alike with feel-good recipes that are nutritious, delicious, and downright gorgeous. 

From vegan breakfast recipe ideas and school lunches – aesthetically presented in cute little bento boxes, of course – to countless videos full of colourful inspiration for budget-friendly meals, Pick Up Limes has got it all. (Just leave enough room to try one of her decadent vegan desserts!)

6. Derek Sarno

 

If you like your plant-based food bold, smoky, and packed with flavour, you’ve just found the right channel to binge. Derek Sarno, pro chef and co-founder of vegan food brand Wicked Kitchen, has been sharing his restaurant-quality dishes on YouTube for years!

Known for creating the juiciest mushroom steaks, the heartiest roast dinners, and loaded sandwiches that redefine indulgence, Derek is determined to show the world how ‘meaty’ and satisfying vegan food can be. Along the way, he shares clever cooking hacks he’s acquired during his career in the kitchen – because why should plant-based eating be anything less than wickedly good? 😉

7. Rainbow Plant Life

 

Hosted by kitchen whizz Nisha Vora, the Rainbow Plant Life channel serves up a very scrollable menu of vibrant, flavourful vegan videos that are approachable, enticing, and fun to watch – like this muhammara dip recipe in which Nisha’s proud parents make an adorable cameo for the taste-test 🥰

Nisha’s Indian-inspired dishes from her childhood, detailed cooking tutorials, and chef-level tips will instantly make you want to level up your vegan food game – and she’s got the basics covered, too, sharing heaps of handy meal prep guides to help you eat well all week long.

8. Gaz Oakley

 

When you need to impress (including impressing yourself!), then a meal by Gaz Oakley is just the ticket. Formerly known as the Avant-Garde Vegan, Gaz is a classically trained chef, best-selling cookbook author, and a pretty self-sufficient homesteader, too 🏡🌿

With a mix of dreamy, nature-filled lifestyle content and earthy cooking tutorials, you’ll find endless inspiration in Gaz’s neck of the woods – from delicious Cuban black beans and simple go-to recipes to umami vegan ramen and 5-minute pasta sauces. He’s even got a whole playlist dedicated to high-protein vegan meal ideas!

9. Caitlin Shoemaker

 

When Caitlin first went vegan, she set out to create simple, affordable everyday meals to help others on their plant-based journeys. That vision has blossomed into one of the most helpful and wholesome online presences ever. 

Through her popular vegan YouTube channel and website, Caitlin has shared oodles of incredible plant-forward recipe ideas to keep you inspired, nourished, and satisfied.

For easy inspiration, pick one of her 30-minute vegan meals or savoury vegan breakfast ideas to drool over! You can’t go wrong – her meal prep tutorials are an absolute lifesaver for busy weeks. 

10. Simnett Nutrition

 

Certified nutritional practitioner and YouTuber Derek Simnett is your all-knowing oracle when it comes to nourishing, high-protein vegan meal ideas and nifty food hacks, especially if you’re into fitness. He’s an absolute pro, with a wealth of helpful advice to share about building muscle – and generally thriving – on a plant-based diet.

Get a taste for what Simnett Nutrition is all about by checking out this ‘what I eat in a day‘ video, in which Derek shares how to make some of his favourite protein-packed vegan meals.

11. Edgy Veg

 

Edgy Veg, created by Candice Hutchings, is the perfect fusion of comfort food, activism, and plant-based living tips, all served with a healthy dose of Candice’s signature sass (which will probably make you cackle out loud on more than one occasion). She’s got a massive archive of relatable videos jam-packed with easy vegan dinner ideas, cheap desserts, viral TikTok recipes, and so much more.

Candice is also a master at making vegan versions of classic fast-food favourites. In other words, Edgy Veg is here to prove that you can still indulge in all your old favourite foods on a vegan diet – it just takes a little creativity!

12. Rachel Ama

 

How do you describe Rachel Ama? In a word: delightful! Rachel’s vegan YouTube channel is a treasure trove of bold flavours, helpful tips, and hearty, soulful recipes, from budget-friendly meals and Afro-Caribbean-inspired feasts, to honest reviews and fantastic meal-prep ideas. She’s even got a game-changing recipe for a vegan ‘cheeky Nandos’ – check it out if you love that iconic peri-peri goodness!

13. The Happy Pear

 

Healthy, wholesome sausage rolls? It’s more than possible; it’s here, thanks to The Happy Pear, who are bringing traditional recipes with a plant-based twist into the kitchen — along with their infinitely charming Irish accents.

Twins Dave and Steve Flynn want to make plant-based food simple, creative and irresistible. Starting back in 2004 with a small veg shop, they’ve now got cafés, cookbooks, and an incredible community around them, so I’d say they’ve succeeded! It’s not hard to see why with recipes like creamy baked rotolo and crispy fried teriyaki tofu and plum sauce pancakes. Yum!

14. Vegan Richa

 

Richa Hingle is a long-time foster carer for shelter dogs in Seattle. One day, she made the connection between the dogs she was helping rehabilitate after a lifetime of misery in puppy factories and the suffering of other animals (like pigs, chickens and cows) in intensive factory farms all over the world. 

Nearly overnight, she and her husband embraced a plant-based diet. Now, she loves sharing just how easy it is to create delicious Indian meals – completely free from meat, eggs and dairy – while staying true to all the flavours of traditional recipes!

15. We Cook Vegan

 

We Cook Vegan serves up such soothing cooking tutorials that they probably count as ASMR! No narration, no nonsense – just the gentle sounds of cascading lentils, the sizzle of simmering pans, the clink of wooden spoons, and the rhythmic chopping of veggies. Every video is super simple to follow along with, and the results are just as aromatic and delicious as they look at every step along the way. 

Try their crispy lentil patties or this protein-rich breakfast made with tofu, chopped tomatoes, and chickpeas.

And an honourable mention…

While not technically a YouTube recommendation, we’d be remiss not to shout out VegKit’s very own cooking show, Freshly Picked! With all-new episodes streaming free on 10play and past seasons available for catch-up on SBS On Demand, there’s no shortage of delicious plant-based inspiration at your fingertips. 

 

Hosted by MasterChef grand finalist and veg-loving extraordinaire Simon Toohey, each episode is packed with mouthwatering meals for every occasion, budget, and taste – plus a lineup of special guests who always bring their A-game to the kitchen.

Like & subscribe for an endless supply of vegan meal ideas!

From quick vegan dinner ideas and gloriously umami comfort food to vegan twists on global cuisines, these YouTube creators are constantly cooking up delicious proof of just how easy – and downright irresistible – plant-based cooking can be. 

So hit subscribe and get ready to work up an appetite – you’ll be drooling over these videos and bookmarking dozens of recipes in no time!

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