Zacchary Bird
Zacchary Bird
The vegan butcher, the vegan baker and the vegan trouble maker.
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ZACCHARY BIRD

He’s the vegan butcher, the vegan baker and, above all, the vegan rule breaker. He’s vegan, BTW. No matter which hat he’s wearing, the job is the same: to perfect the plant-based version of absolutely every menu item known to humankind, and then some. Zac has become something of a vegan hunter, searching planet earth for the best in plant based food. If you want to find or recreate the best vegan eats for yourself, consider this website your vegan guide to the galaxy.

With a background in commercial plant-based meat development and teaching cooking classes (that go heavy on the deep-frying), Zac and his recipes alike are known for being extra AF. He’s Australian so he’s a cheeky bastard, too. Flipping through his cookbooks will reveal a bounty of bold flavours, vibrant eye candy and (at times) bewildering creativity. Scrolling through his social media, you’ll find Zacchary teaching recipes as well as performing as a global dance icon (live from his living room), to kill time between tours of a croissant dough. It’s worth giving him a follow.

RECIPE WRITING & SOCIAL MEDIA

I love to craft up new recipes and I’d love to work with you! For commercial and general recipe development or for a media kit and social media content rates sheet, please send me an email here. Or anything you can dream up! Let’s work together on making your plant based food, classes, content and/or event dreams come true.

Cookbook Writing

Zacchary’s first book, Vegan Junk Food was published in 2020 and was once used as a political prop by Jacinda Ardern. The Vegan Butcher won the PETA Australia Vegan Cookbook of the Year 2021 and was named Nigella Lawson’s Cookbook of the Week, which Zacchary claims makes him the world’s number one vegan butcher/baker hybrid who can also do a backbend. The Vegan Baker is his third cookbook released in three years.

Recipe Development

Zac has served as the food editor for Plant Based News and as a food writer been featured in Women’s Weekly Food, Gourmet Traveller, Vogue US, Elle Magazine, The Big Issue and more. In a former life, he hosted classes focused on greek cooking and deep frying as well as being able to boast owning a pop-up ice creamery that went out of business after one day.

Commercial plant based meat products designed under contract by Zacchary Bird have been sold in every major supermarket in Australia and range from smaller, seasonal scales to year-round FMCG favourites in the plant based sausage, ham, chicken, beef and roast categories with specialties in both seitan (gluten protein) and gluten free formula production.

Presenting

On screen, Zac has presented recipes for Channel 10 Australia’s ‘Freshly Picked’ television show (seasons 1 - 3). As a guest, he’s cooked up a storm on Weekend Sunrise, Studio 10, ABC’s The History Listen and even in a paddock for upcoming Screen Australia series Cooking For Seamus. Zac’s wide experience in his field means he’s also a regular guest unpacking vegan topics for ABC Radio National, ABC Everyday and JOY FM.