Bryant Terry — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Recipient of a 2015 James Beard Foundation Leadership Award and a 2021 NAACP Image Award for his book *Vegetable Kingdom*.
Founder and Editor-in-Chief of 4 Color Books, an imprint of Ten Speed Press/Penguin Random House, since 2021.
Authored six books, including four vegan cookbooks and co-wrote *Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen* (2006).
Served as the inaugural Chef-in-Residence at the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco from 2015 to 2022.
Founded b-healthy! (Build Healthy Eating And Lifestyles To Help Youth), a five-year initiative from 2001 to 2005.
Completed an MFA in Art Practice at UC Berkeley in 2025 and holds an M.A. in history from New York University.

Biography

Bryant Terry is a multidisciplinary artist, James Beard Award-winning chef, author of six books, and publisher. He is dedicated to creating a more healthful, just, and sustainable world through food, drawing inspiration from his ancestors. Terry has been recognized by *San Francisco Magazine* as one of the “11 Smartest People in the Bay Area Food Scene” and by *Fast Company* as one of the “9 People Who Are Changing the Future of Food.