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How I Make Vegan Food Sexy | Pinky Cole | TED

At the plant-based burger chain Slutty Vegan, Pinky Cole is flipping the script on vegan food with bold style. In conversation with host of “TED Radio Hour” Manoush Zomorodi, she shares the highs and lows of her entrepreneurial journey, from her roots in Baltimore to the grease fire that took her first storefront in Harlem.…

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At the plant-based burger chain Slutty Vegan, Pinky Cole is flipping the script on vegan food with bold style. In conversation with host of “TED Radio Hour” Manoush Zomorodi, she shares the highs and lows of her entrepreneurial journey, from her roots in Baltimore to the grease fire that took her first storefront in Harlem. Learn more about the authenticity, resilience and community that went into building a multimillion-dollar vegan food empire. (Recorded at TEDNext 2024 on October 22, 2024)

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53 Comments

  1. @Matthew_F

    June 9, 2025 at 11:55 am

    I love being vegan, its amazing. So funny though, how people who eat dead animals get so triggered by people who dont.

    • @EpicBreadWinner

      June 9, 2025 at 12:02 pm

      They are triggered because it’s strange to push your beliefs onto another person because you don’t believe what they do.

    • @oluwaliblue8684

      June 9, 2025 at 12:05 pm

      @@EpicBreadWinner it’s not a belief you guys are literally stealing others’ lives.

    • @Matthew_F

      June 9, 2025 at 12:11 pm

      ​@@EpicBreadWinnerno, its not strange to push your beliefs, thats what everyone does. If you really believe something, then you want to share your message with people. Its a ted talk, so its like the whole point of the channel as well….

    • @leagueaddict8357

      June 9, 2025 at 12:16 pm

      I’m not triggered, just questioning your sanity. When you try to force this putrid life style full of psychological, and hormonal problems onto other people.. that is where we get upset. We care much more about our health than you do, otherwise you wouldn’t be a vegan. The healthiest food on earth doesn’t come from wherever you want it to come from, it comes from livestock. You can’t walk past a grass field, and then magically make that healthy.. it’s just not.

    • @miks564

      June 9, 2025 at 12:44 pm

      @@oluwaliblue8684 Life is a balance. We eat animals that eat plants. You prefer to eat plants, that’s ok for you, do not think for a moment that’s the correct option.

  2. @aaronwilliams6808

    June 9, 2025 at 12:03 pm

    Shout out to Pinky!!!! 100 million dollar business that started from the bottom. And the food is good!!!!

  3. @oluwaliblue8684

    June 9, 2025 at 12:04 pm

    vegan gang

  4. @BallCant

    June 9, 2025 at 12:08 pm

    This is awesome 💚

  5. @leagueaddict8357

    June 9, 2025 at 12:12 pm

    To make vegan food sexy stop forcing veganism, it’s unhealthy af. Add a steak, then it’s sexy.

    • @l01230123

      June 9, 2025 at 6:51 pm

      Vegans have lower rates of diabetes, heart issues, some cancers, and tend to live longer than high meat diets, but hey, you can (and do) pretend it’s being forced on you if that makes you feel better.

      Not saying all meat is bad for you, (it’s not) just that you’re ignorant and being melodramatic. 🤷‍♂

  6. @pollutingpenguin2146

    June 9, 2025 at 12:12 pm

    GO AWAY!

    • @l01230123

      June 9, 2025 at 6:42 pm

      You first! 😅

  7. @B.Skywalker2

    June 9, 2025 at 12:14 pm

    I have thoughts but I’ll keep em to myself cuz I support her.

  8. @AlexSmith-t8g

    June 9, 2025 at 12:20 pm

    Nothing excites me more than finding under-the-radar AI projects like this one.

  9. @LordSlag

    June 9, 2025 at 12:23 pm

    Living in her own world.

  10. @47retta

    June 9, 2025 at 12:25 pm

    God gave us animals to eat after the flood of Noah’s time. I’m not arguing with God.

    • @RaceLever

      June 9, 2025 at 3:44 pm

      You actually are since the Bible is quite clear that things like humans ending each other and humans devouring animals is “fallen behavior” aka the result of sin entering…

      The Bible is quite clear that humans were originally created to eat plants not animals… So if we’re going to presuppose the Bible then you are going against God’s original design for your body…

      There is much in the Bible that will avoid suiting your narrative on this and nothing you can cherry pick from the Bible that can falsify what I’ve said here… 😉

  11. @amitsiddhiradhika

    June 9, 2025 at 12:27 pm

    Deep thinking 😂😂

  12. @miks564

    June 9, 2025 at 12:42 pm

    Vegan food is not suitable for humans.
    We can have some, but never as main let alone exclusive source of energy.

    TED lost its way.

  13. @miks564

    June 9, 2025 at 12:46 pm

    Unsubscribing TED Talks.
    What a shame!

    • @l01230123

      June 9, 2025 at 6:41 pm

      Thanks for the channel engagement! 💖

      You won’t be missed. ✌

  14. @user-kq2tc5hy5g

    June 9, 2025 at 12:56 pm

    By not making it

  15. @AlaaKamal-yh9xp

    June 9, 2025 at 1:18 pm

    This deeply reflects the extent to which humans can become enslaved to their desires. Without stopping to think or reflect, they often submit completely to their whims, willing to do anything—even harm others or themselves—in pursuit of momentary pleasures, just as the jinn warned. This shows why we desperately need the mercy and guidance of Allah. Religion is not merely a set of rules but a divine light and compass that purifies our hearts, disciplines our souls, and directs us toward a life of purpose, balance, and righteousness. Through Allah’s wisdom revealed in religion, we learn to overcome our base desires, live with humility, and fulfill our true purpose—pleasing Allah and benefiting all creation. Only by following this sacred guidance can we free ourselves from the slavery of fleeting desires and find true peace and meaning. 11:12

    • @Ithendra

      June 9, 2025 at 2:10 pm

      🤣

    • @thespacenoob4760

      June 10, 2025 at 7:23 am

      lol

  16. @letsgoebeyond

    June 9, 2025 at 1:19 pm

    What an unhelpful, useleess video. Lol

  17. @serraphimoon

    June 9, 2025 at 1:20 pm

    Good bye protein, get malnutrition 🤣

    • @l01230123

      June 9, 2025 at 6:39 pm

      Consumable protein wouldn’t exist without plants, and it’s not difficult to get you nutrition from them. 🤷‍♂

      Jokes aren’t supposed to just make you sound ignorant, but clever. “🤣”

  18. @quizzicallyLT

    June 9, 2025 at 1:34 pm

    a real meaty burger is sexy

  19. @tamikovacs3887

    June 9, 2025 at 1:42 pm

    Go vegan💚

  20. @Riclmnopp

    June 9, 2025 at 2:27 pm

    Reason 236 why I stopped watching TED Talks.

    • @DoItNutrition

      June 10, 2025 at 7:42 pm

      Why are you still here then?

    • @Riclmnopp

      June 10, 2025 at 7:45 pm

      @@DoItNutrition to just leave a comment.

  21. @grimetone

    June 9, 2025 at 4:20 pm

    Just.. no.

  22. @ClockworkAvatar

    June 9, 2025 at 5:13 pm

    save a cow eat a vegan.

  23. @HakuCell

    June 9, 2025 at 7:07 pm

    veganism would be our only hope to stay within the climate targets set by the Paris Agreement, plus a global adoption of veganism would have “transformative potential” for ecology, as one study put it. but seeing the dislike ratio of this video and all the negative comments is terrible. explore my youtube posts on my channel (not my uploads).

    • @igneosaur

      June 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm

      > veganism would be our only hope to stay within the climate targets set by the Paris Agreement

      What the heck are you talking about, you sound like an alien mate.

  24. @beniysabia

    June 9, 2025 at 7:33 pm

    Ms.Coleeeeee🥳🎉👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  25. @hipshakeirl

    June 9, 2025 at 8:09 pm

    veganism is not for everyone personally , i could never not eat meat. Maybe get some cattle to eat plant based food , as they would like it. Next they will suggest we graze in a field and graze like animals. Im not convinced that vegan foods can give our bodies need

    • @akivaabraham7739

      June 10, 2025 at 4:03 am

      You can eat raw meat.
      That’s what I ended up doing. Much different than how much meat is cooked these days.

    • @hipshakeirl

      June 10, 2025 at 6:19 pm

      @@akivaabraham7739 the bottom line is that you cant enforce a lifestyle on people.

    • @akivaabraham7739

      June 10, 2025 at 6:59 pm

      @@hipshakeirl
      When people realize that the alternative to eating raw meat, is aging faster and becoming uglier, most of them will do it voluntarily.

  26. @noBodyuNope

    June 9, 2025 at 9:53 pm

    Happy that she’s an entrepreneur but sad to hear more plant-based nonsense. As a medical provider I treat patients every day for occult anemia, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes due to excess starch. Vegan diets are mostly starch and if you’re consuming meat or dairy substitutes, you’re eating processed food. We evolved as omnivores and our colons are shorter as a result of eating meat. Furthermore, being vegan isn’t necessarily better for the planet. There is plenty of evidence regarding soil degradation due to poor farming practices. Soybeans and corn yield billions of export dollars and most are GMO. Regenerative farming solves this problem.
    It bears mentioning that researchers were paid off in the 1960s by the food industry to demonize saturated fat when there was emerging evidence that sugar/alcohol/fructose consumption is at the core of chronic health conditions. These researchers decided to target saturated fat instead which laid the ground work for the never clinically proven fat hypothesis. Please inform yourselves.

  27. @shjung8265

    June 9, 2025 at 10:23 pm

    TED was good in the past

  28. @MostlyLoveOfMusic

    June 10, 2025 at 5:51 am

    Vegan is the only ethical choice

  29. @Котик_Подвальный

    June 10, 2025 at 6:38 am

    For anyone who is considering watching the video thinking it’ll tell you how to make vegan food that doesn’t suck, it won’t. It’s about branding.

  30. @xeropm

    June 10, 2025 at 9:32 am

    Time has arrived to unfollow TED

  31. @Aurumlove7

    June 10, 2025 at 11:02 am

    I think the helpful context is that many of her locations have closed, food reviews have been mid, and she is accused of stealing workers‘ tips and mistreating staff. I thought veganism was supposed to be a moral position that informed other parts of your life?

  32. @Billabonggg2011

    June 10, 2025 at 12:48 pm

    This host is really overbearing. She interrupts the interviewee constantly. Let her finish!!

  33. @DoItNutrition

    June 10, 2025 at 7:40 pm

    Change agent!

  34. @aquaticape68

    June 10, 2025 at 9:15 pm

    Who do you think got the girl on the African savanna? The bloke who brought back a punnet of strawberries or the bloke with the wildebeast steaks?

  35. @Mat-xw4ww

    June 11, 2025 at 3:26 am

    Garbage TED talk about a vegan chick with daddy in prison.

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