Lauren Von Der Pool

Lauren Von Der Pool is an American chef.

Early life

Born in Washington D.C., Von Der Pool describes herself in her early life as a “bad girl” and “gangster.”[1] When a stab wound to the head at the age of sixteen proved almost fatal, Von Der Pool decided to make a new life for herself with a complete lifestyle change. She began to transform her relationship with food, and she experimented with raw and vegan cooking. With the advice from a mentor, Von Der Pool enrolled at the Le Cordon Bleu Los Angeles and Paris Culinary School.[2]

Career

Upon graduating from Le Cordon Bleu, Von Der Pool worked with many notable chefs, including Wolfgang Puck and Alice Waters.[3][2] Von Der Pool has also worked as a personal chef for many prominent celebrities, like Patti Labelle, Common, Stevie Wonder, Venus and Serena Williams (Venus Williams wrote the foreword for her cookbook Eat Yourself Sexy.)[3] For three years, Von Der Pool worked exclusively for the sisters, teasingly claiming, “I ate, drank, and slept Serena and Venus” during her Miami New Times interview in 2015.[1]

Let's Move! Campaign

One of the most significant highlights of her career occurred in 2009 when First Lady Michelle Obama invited Von Der Pool to serve as an executive chef for “Let's Move!”—the First Lady's childhood obesity prevention campaign.[4] As Von Der Pool has dedicated much of her own career as a chef conveying the importance of healthy eating, she was honored to accept the position, stating, “working with Michelle Obama spiraled into such a beautiful thing because I’ve been able to help so many people. The whole movement has been very good to me, and I’m just grateful to be part of it.”[1]

Chopped

Von Der Pool made a television appearance on the popular Food Network TV Show Chopped (Season 18 Episode 4, “Waste Not”). According to The Food Network,[5] she repeatedly rolled her eyes and called out contestant Sarah Pouzar. After being chopped in the second round, Von Der Pool said about her competitor - "Her s*** was soggy!" This came after she strategically plated her food for the ultimate enjoyment and convenience of the eater. She ended her outburst, stating things like, "How the hell did I get chopped?" and "You will see me again, all over your television screens”. Von Der Pool appeared on a Redemption episode of Chopped (Season 19 Episode 2) but was eliminated after the first round, when she served professional chefs raw red onions and cucumber skins. She, again, had an outburst saying, "I'm embarrassed! I'm so embarrassed!"

Cookbook

Von Der Pool released a successful vegan cookbook, Eat Yourself Sexy! The Goddess Edition, to demonstrate how eating fresh, locally grown, environmentally sustainable food can still be very tasty.[6] It also serves as a guide for “glowing skin,” “healthy hair,” “weight loss” and "wellness." Overall, consumer reception has been positive. Civil rights activist and comedian Dick Gregory said, “Eat Yourself Sexy! Is one of the best vegan and living foods books I have seen in a long time.”[2] On Amazon, the carrier of the cookbook, 90% of customer reviews give the book 5 stars. However, some customers complain that the cookbook does not have an index and that a couple of the recipes fail to list a comprehensive set of all the ingredients at the start of the recipe.[7]

gollark: Nobody really uses the EV ones any more and I don't think there's UI for them, so basically no change.
gollark: Apparently Nvidia is working on actually implementing GBM or whatever thing it was they needed for Wayland support but didn't have.
gollark: I modified my LXDE configuration file to call a program in the repos called `light`, which I made a suid thing.
gollark: I have no idea why but I never encountered any backlight issues, using the normal Intel iGPU backlight stuff works perfectly.
gollark: I just bought a used laptop, which is both cheaper and does not technically support Nvidia.

References
  1. "Vegan Chef Von Der Pool on Cooking for Common, Weight Loss, and the FLOTUS | Miami New Times". miaminewtimes.com. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  2. "Home - Lauren Von Der Pool". vonderpoolgourmet.com. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  3. "Feeding the Revolution: Q & A with Celebrity Raw Vegan Chef Lauren Von Der Pool (Plus a Recipe!) | I Eat Grass". ieatgrass.com. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  4. http://ieatgrass.com/2012/07/who-is-raw-vegan-chef-lauren-von-der-pool-chopped/
  5. "The Worst Chef-to-Chef Confrontations in Chopped History". Food Com. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  6. "www.amazon.com/Eat-Yourself-Sexy-Goddess-Well-being/dp/151508244X/". amazon.com. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  7. "Amazon.com: Sabur Jamaa's review of Eat Yourself Sexy: Eat your way to shiny h..." amazon.com. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
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