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"Top Chefs Just Desserts" Zac Young

Top Chef: Just Desserts premieres tonight on Bravo at 11/10C. The pastry chef’testants will battle it out with butter over who can bring home the trophy for satisfying the judges sweet tooth.

Zac Young is a fine young man from Portland, Maine who’s strayed from his roots. He was born to a vegan mother, so he, “never had chocolate mousse, but knew all too well the flavor of a tofu and carob pudding,” according to the Huffington Post.

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Vegan baker and winner of the Food Network’s Cupcake Wars, a reality baking competition on TV, Chloe Coscarelli is featured on the September 13, 2010 cover of Woman’s World.

According to VegNews, the edition has an entire section dedicated to veganism, from health benefits to the potential for weight loss to the rising popularity of vegan bakeries like BabyCakes In New York and Los Angeles. There are also vegan menu plans and a recipe for Coscarelli’s Chocolate-Raspberry Mini Cupcakes that are only 113 calories per serving.

Woman’s World is a magazine aimed for the family-oriented female, and includes society and lifestyle features as well as solutions to solving everyday problems.

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Chloe Coscarelli won a competition on the Food Network’s “Cupcake Wars” for baking vegan desserts like Crème-filled Chocolate Orange with Candied Orange Peel. After winning the grand prize of $10,000 and the opportunity to bake vegan for a celebrity party, it’s obvious this gal can cook sweets, but did you know she can do dinner do?

Seen here is Chloe demonstrating how to make her avocado pesto pasta, proving there is life after guacamole for green fruit lovers. A box of linguine gets covered in green sauce created with avocado, basil leaves and pine nuts to yield a dish unlike any spaghetti you’ve thrown together after work.

Watch Chloe demonstrate the avocado pesto pasta and visit her blog for the recipe.

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Chloe Coscarelli

Chloe Coscarelli has won the 2nd episode of Cupcake Wars on the Food Network!

The cupcakes that impressed the judges were Ginger Nutmeg Spice with Date Caramel Drizzle, Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake, Crème-filled Chocolate Orange with Candied Orange Peel, and Raspberry Tiramisu. Coscarelli received $10,000 for beating out dairy and egg cupcakes and was able to show off her vegan catering talents for a celebrity party hosted by Ok! Magazine.

The 23 year old gave VegNews an interview, revealing both she and other people were shocked at the fact a mainstream food show chose vegan sweets as favorites.

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Chloe Coscarelli

“Many people think vegan desserts taste like cardboard, rubber, whole wheat, or nothing at all! This may have been true in old-school vegan cooking, but now the bar has been raised and there are so many great products and techniques that make vegan desserts just as moist and fluffy as those with dairy and eggs.”

–Chloe Coscarelli, vegan chef of chefchloe.com, who won first place and a grand prize of $10,000 on a recent episode of the Food Network’s “Cupcake Wars”, a competition where cupcake bakers compete for a chance to cater for a high profile client.

Coscarelli added that vegan cooking is also easier because you don’t have to worry about “creaming butter and cracking eggs.”

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Chloe Coscarelli

What’s with this new love for vegan sweets the Food Network has lately? On tomorrow’s (Tuesday) second episode of Cupcake Wars, vegan LA chef Chloe Coscarelli will compete against dairy cupcake makers in a competition for a chance to cater for a high profile magazine party in Beverly Hills.

Recently, a vegan friendly cupcake shop, Sugar Cupcakery, was featured on the series as well.

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