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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, February 18, 2010: After viewing some disturbing PETA videos, Kelsey O’Callaghan found herself thinking, really thinking, about where meat comes from. While not completely vegan, O’Callaghan has fully embraced vegetarianism.
Miffed that “there isn’t even a vegetarian chef on the tv’s Food Network,” O’Callaghan figured she’d get a jump on her career, and The Veggie Chef (www.theveggiechef.net) was born.
“I sort of made my own show,” said the eighth-grader at Calvary Christian Academy. What started as a blog and Web site for healthy veggie eaters and cooks became a cooking “show” on YouTube, recipe demos starring, produced and edited by O’Callaghan, a two-day process she does in her room at home.
“I just didn’t feel comfortable eating food that was killed for meat,” said the Veggie Chef, whose stance and subsequent spots online earned her PETA’s “Compassionate Kid Award.”
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