Candice Hutchings
{{short description|Canadian YouTube personality, vegan chef, comedian, and author}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox YouTube personality
| name = Candice Hutchings
| image = Candice Hutchings aka The Edgy Veg.jpg
| caption = Candice Hutchings cooking "vegan fried chicken" (Seitan)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|05|16}}
| birth_place = Lahr, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
| nationality = Canadian
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- YouTuber
- actress
- author
- chef
- comedian
- vegan activist
}}
| website = {{URL|theedgyveg.com}}
| pseudonym = The Edgy Veg
| channel_handle = EdgyVeg
| channel_display_name = Edgy Veg
| years active = 2012–present
| genre = {{flatlist|
- Vegan cooking
- comedy
- vegan lifestyle
}}
| subscribers = 457 thousand
| views = 31.3 million
| network = Kin Community
| associated_acts =
| silver_year = 2016
| gold_year =
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| silver_button = yes
| gold_button =
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| stats_update = 15 December 2022
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Candice Hutchings (born May 16, 1988) is a Canadian YouTube personality, vegan chef, comedian, and author. She runs a YouTube cookery-related channel The Edgy Veg. Since beginning her channel in October 2012, her videos have received over 31 million views (December 2022), and her channel has accumulated over 457 thousand subscribers.{{cite web| url=https://www.youtube.com/user/stillcurrentstudios/about| title=The Edgy Veg YouTube About| website=YouTube| access-date=December 15, 2022}} As of March 2017, she was one of the most popular vegan chefs on YouTube.{{Cite news|url=https://nutriciously.com/best-vegan-youtubers/|title=The 50+ Best Vegan YouTubers to Follow in 2016|date=November 7, 2016|work=nutriciously|access-date=March 31, 2017|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=http://veryveganrecipes.com/20-best-vegan-youtube-channels/2/|title=20 Best Vegan Youtube Channels – Page 2 of 2 – Very Vegan Recipes|work=Very Vegan Recipes|date=May 6, 2015|accessdate=March 31, 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=May 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519200728/https://veryveganrecipes.com/20-best-vegan-youtube-channels/2/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://veganenthusiasts.com/2017/01/15/20-vegan-cooking-channels-to-follow-on-youtube/|title=20 Vegan Cooking Channels to Follow on Youtube|date=January 15, 2017|website=Vegan Enthusiasts|access-date=March 31, 2017}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.healthista.com/vegan-recipe-channels-best-11-on-youtube/|title=11 best vegan YouTube channels – Healthista|work=Healthista.com|date=February 15, 2017|accessdate=March 31, 2017}}{{Cite news|url=http://winfriendswithsalad.com/interview-candice-aka-the-edgy-veg/|title=INTERVIEW WITH CANDICE OF THE EDGY VEG - Win Friends With Salad|date=April 28, 2016|work=Win Friends With Salad|access-date=July 12, 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=July 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728161936/http://winfriendswithsalad.com/interview-candice-aka-the-edgy-veg/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.brownvegan.com/blog/10-vegan-youtubers-you-should-know|title=10 Vegan YouTubers You Should Know|work=Brown Vegan|access-date=July 12, 2017|language=en-US}}
Career
In December 2009, Hutchings created a blog site called "The Edgy Veggie" where she posted raw and vegan recipes. In 2013 she renamed it to "The Edgy Veg", to, as she puts it "not be so cutesie". Also in 2013, she was working with the company, Belmonte Raw, as an administrative supervisor.{{Cite news|url=https://torontoguardian.com/2013/04/belmonte-raw/|title=Belmonte Raw - Toronto Guardian|last=Luu|first=Kimberley|date=April 16, 2013|work=Toronto Guardian|access-date=July 27, 2017|language=en-US}} As of March 2017, her website received over 200,000 pageviews per month, is regularly referenced by media, and other vegan chefs.{{Cite news|url=http://www.lovewildlivefree.com/blog/2016/3/3/the-edgy-veg|title=The Edgy Veg Recipe Round Up|work=LoveWildLiveFree|access-date=July 12, 2017|language=en-CA}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.marystestkitchen.com/the-edgy-vegs-chickn-and-biscuits-jackfruit-tacos/|title=The Edgy Veg's Chick'n and Biscuits & Jackfruit Tacos - Mary's Test Kitchen|date=August 27, 2015|work=Mary's Test Kitchen|access-date=July 12, 2017|language=en-US}}
In October 2012, Hutchings started a YouTube channel under the pseudonym "The Edgy Veg", where she posts videos of her vegan recipes. One of her focuses is to create vegan versions of classic comfort foods.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/life/2017/05/20/sir-winston-churchill-and-harley-quinn-rock-out-to-80s-dance-tunes-pet-psyche.html|title=Sir Winston Churchill and Harley Quinn rock out to '80s dance tunes: Pet Psyche|last=Welowszky|first=Jane|date=May 20, 2017|website=Toronto Star|access-date=July 27, 2017}} Popular recipes featured on her channel include vegan versions of hamburgers and chicken wings.{{Cite news|url=http://www.timescolonist.com/life/food-drink/vegans-like-junk-food-too-1.2254966|title=Vegans like junk food, too|last=Abraham|first=Lois|date=May 14, 2016|work=Times Colonist|access-date=July 27, 2017}} In October 2015, she quit her job in advertising to work on the channel full-time. As of March 2017, the channel has received over 9.8 million views, and over 200,000 subscribers.{{Cite news|url=https://torontoguardian.com/2013/05/the-edgy-veg/|title=The Edgy Veg - Toronto Guardian|date=May 28, 2013|work=Toronto Guardian|access-date=July 12, 2017|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.refinery29.com/2016/08/117804/vegan-youtubers-food-blogs|title=If You've Ever Wondered What Vegans Actually Eat, This Is For You|last=Girdwain|first=Alyssa|website=Refinery29|access-date=July 12, 2017}}
Hutchings has appeared on CTV Television Network's The Social,{{cite web|url=http://www.thesocial.ca/video?vid=980547|title=Dessert Recipes with a Super unique Ingredient|work=The Social|accessdate=March 15, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thesocial.ca/food/recipes/meat-free-recipes-for-your-next-bbq|title=Meat Free Recipes for Your Next BBQ|work=The Social|accessdate=March 15, 2017}} SiriusXM's "What She Said!"{{cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/what-she-said/id1061483765|title=Making Vegan a Little Less Blah with The Edgy Veg|work=SiriusXM|access-date=March 15, 2017}} and was a featured creator as part of the launch of Canada's first YouTube Space.{{cite web|url=http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2016/04/27/youtube-studio-opens-in-toronto/|title=YouTube Studio Opens in Toronto|work=CBC|date=April 27, 2016 |accessdate=March 15, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.etalk.ca/news/2016/april/canadas-first-youtube-space-launching-in-toronto|title= Canada's First YouTube Space Launches in Toronto|work=ETalk|accessdate=March 15, 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2016/04/27/youtube-space-5-creators-on-what-the-studio-means-to-them.html|title=YouTube Space: 5 creators on what the studio means to them {{!}} Toronto Star|website=thestar.com|date=April 27, 2016 |access-date=March 31, 2017}} She was also a featured creator at the 2016 Buffer Festival where she screened her video "Fantastic Vegans and Where to Find Them".{{cite web|url=http://bufferfestival.com/events/2016/screening/comedy|title=Buffer Festival Comedy Screening – The Edgy Veg|work=Buffer Festival|accessdate=March 15, 2017|archive-date=March 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331210802/http://bufferfestival.com/events/2016/screening/comedy|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkrWr1ShAvQ|title=Fantastic Vegans and Where to Find Them|website=YouTube|accessdate=March 15, 2017}} She has worked as a mentor to other, newer YouTubers in Toronto.{{Cite web|url=http://mediaincanada.com/2016/11/28/youtube-names-up-and-coming-canadian-creators/|title=YouTube names up-and-coming Canadian creators|last=Rody-Mantha|first=Bree|date=November 28, 2016|website=Media in Canada|access-date=July 27, 2017}}
In 2017, Hutchings made her debut as a published author, releasing her first cookbook titled The Edgy Veg, Carnivore Approved Recipes.{{Cite book|title=The Edgy Veg: Carnivore-Approved Vegan Recipes|last1=Hutchings|first1=Candice|last2=Aita|first2=James|date=October 1, 2017|publisher=Robert Rose|isbn=9780778805816|language=English}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/daily-deals-robert-rose-to-publish-cookbook-by-edgy-veg-youtuber-candice-hutchings/|title=Daily Deals: Robert Rose to publish cookbook by Edgy Veg YouTuber Candice Hutchings|last=Robertson|first=Becky|date=July 17, 2017|work=Quill and Quire|access-date=July 27, 2017|url-access=subscription }} She toured throughout North America. As of 2016, she has been a contributing chef/author for Chloe Coscarelli's byCHLOE vegan restaurant chain based in New York City.{{Cite news|url=http://eatbychloe.com/2016/11/chloe-contributing-chef/|title=by CHLOE. Contributing Chef – by CHLOE.|date=November 23, 2016|work=by CHLOE.|access-date=March 31, 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=April 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401055636/http://eatbychloe.com/2016/11/chloe-contributing-chef/|url-status=dead}}
Books
- The Edgy Veg: 138 Carnivore-Approved Vegan Recipes, {{ISBN|0778805816}}
Awards
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Award Show ! Category ! Result ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| rowspan="1" scope="row"| 2018
| 9th Annual TASTE AWARDS | Best Home Chef in a Series | {{won}} |
| rowspan="1" scope="row"| 2017
| Taste Canada Awards | Best Health and Special Diet Blog | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="3" scope="row" | 2016
| Taste Awards | Best Instructional Web Series |{{nom}} |
| Now Magazine Readers Choice Awards
| Best Blogger | {{nom}} |
| Toronto Veg Awards
| Favourite Local Pro-Veg YouTube Channel | {{nom}} |
| 2013
|Best Health Mag |Best Health Blog Awards |{{Won}} (Runner Up) |
See also
References
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External links
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- {{official website|theedgyveg.com}}
- {{youTube|u=stillcurrentstudios}}
{{Veganism and vegetarianism}}
{{Portal bar|Biography|Internet|Food|Canada}}
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Category:Canadian women comedians
Category:Canadian people of German descent
Category:Canadian television chefs
Category:Comedians from Toronto
Category:Queen's University at Kingston alumni
Category:Canadian women food writers
Category:Canadian cookbook writers
Category:Chefs of vegan cuisine