Karyn Calabrese Explained
Karyn Calabrese |
Image Size: | 100px |
Birth Date: | April 20, 1947 |
Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois, US |
Occupation: | Chef, businesswoman, author, holistic health expert |
Style: | Plant-based, raw vegan |
Restaurants: | Karyn's On Green - Chicago, Illinois Karyn's Cooked - Chicago, Illinois Karyn's Raw Bistro - Chicago, Illinois |
Website: | http://www.karynraw.com/ |
Karyn Calabrese (born April 20, 1947) is an American raw foodist and restaurateur.[1] Her first restaurant, Karyn's Raw Bistro, is the longest-standing gourmet raw food restaurant in the United States.
Early life
Calabrese grew up in Hyde Park, a South Side neighborhood of Chicago. Calabrese worked as a professional model in her teens and into her twenties, and was featured in national magazine and television commercials.
Career
Calabrese became a raw foodist with the impression that eating uncooked foods improves health. In the early 1980s, she hosted a support group at her home. Calabrese decided to transition careers from modeling to cooking and consulting about the raw and vegan lifestyle.
Calabrese has opened three restaurants (Karyn's Raw Bistro, Karyn's Cooked, and Karyn's On Green), a market (Karyn's Fresh Corner), a meal program (Karyn's At Home), a holistic therapy center (Karyn's Inner Beauty Center and O2 Day Spa), a branded line of food, a cookbook, a cleanse guide, and a natural make-up and skin care line. Karyn also teaches workshops and promotes raw foodism, holistic therapies, and natural longevity.[2]
Calabrese began having financial problems in 2012 after her restaurant in Lincoln Park burned down and business at her other locations stifled; in 2015 and 2016 she had been sued four times, for failing to meet accessibility standards for disabled persons at her restaurants, not paying rent for the spaces of her restaurants, and not paying condominium fees where she lived.[3] [4] She started a GoFundMe campaign to help keep her business afloat, but faced accusations of fraud and unsanitary practices.[5] [6]
In 2017, her flagship restaurant in Lincoln Park also closed down.[7]
Restaurants
Calabrese owns and manages three restaurants in Chicago:
Karyn's On Green
According to the 2014 Zagat Survey, Karyn's On Green was the top-rated vegan restaurant in Chicago and the most formal of Karyn's restaurants.[8] Karyn's On Green is located in Chicago's West Loop. The restaurant closed in 2015.[9]
Karyn's Raw Bistro
Karyn's Raw Bistro is the longest-standing gourmet raw food restaurant in the United States.
Also connected to the restaurant is Karyn's Fresh Corner, a raw and organic market, and Karyn's Inner Beauty Center and O2 Day Spa, a holistic treatment center. Karyn's Raw Bistro is located in Chicago's Lincoln Park.
Published works
- Cleansing With Karyn: Secrets for Inner Healing and Outer Beauty 2011
- Karyn's Conscious Comfort Foods: Recipes for Everyday Life 2013
Awards and recognition
Calabrese was the 2013 winner of the Harper's Bazaar Fabulous at Every Age competition for the 60+ age category.[10] [11]
Notes and References
- News: Hevrdejs. Judy. Remarkable Woman: Karyn Calabrese. February 20, 2014. Chicago Tribune. March 23, 2012. February 26, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140226093135/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-03-23/features/ct-tribu-remarkable-calabrese-20120323_1_karyn-calabrese-raw-food-karyn-s-fresh-corner. live.
- Web site: What Is Karyn Calabrese's Detox Diet? . Hingle . Lynnette . October 25, 2011 . www.livestrong.com . Livestrong . February 23, 2014 . March 2, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140302151323/http://www.livestrong.com/article/549523-what-is-karyn-calabreses-detox-diet/ . live .
- News: Knight. Meribah. The fall of vegan queen Karyn Calabrese. 16 August 2016. Crain's Chicago Business. 21 April 2016. November 6, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171106120220/http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160421/ISSUE03/160429954/the-fall-of-vegan-queen-karyn-calabrese. live.
- News: Selvam. Ashok. Vegan Queen Karyn Calabrese & Husband Hit With $112K Lawsuit. 16 August 2016. Eater Chicago. 11 December 2015. November 26, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181126091329/https://chicago.eater.com/2015/12/11/9900038/karyns-vegan-lawsuits-ada-back-rent. live.
- News: Todd. Anthony. What The Heck Is Going On With Karyn's Raw Food Empire?. 16 August 2016. Chicagoist. 14 December 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160605041140/http://chicagoist.com/2015/12/14/what_the_heck_is_going_on_with_kary.php. June 5, 2016. mdy-all.
- News: Hevrdejs. Judy. Karyn's Raw financial issues spark GoFundMe campaign. 16 August 2016. Chicago Tribune. 11 December 2015. October 14, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161014044137/http://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/ct-karyns-raw-financial-issues-gofundme-campaign-20151211-story.html. live.
- Web site: Karyn's Raw Food Empire Is No More, With Closing Of Longtime Lincoln Park Restaurant. The Chicagoist. 2019-10-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20171106193205/https://chicagoist.com/2013/12/02/the_gathering_of_the_juggalos_leavi.php. November 6, 2017. dead.
- Web site: Karyn's On Green- Chicago . . 2014 . Zagat.com . Zagat Survey . February 20, 2014 . March 28, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140328022625/http://www.zagat.com/r/karyns-on-green-chicago . live .
- Web site: Selvam . Ashok . Vegan Queen Karyn Calabrese Returns With Virtual Restaurant . Eater Chicago . 23 February 2021 . en . 14 September 2020 . November 1, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201101154047/https://chicago.eater.com/2020/9/14/21436239/karyns-calabrese-vegan-jam-virtual-restaurant-open-delivery . live .
- Web site: Karyn Calabrese Named 'Fabulous At Every Age' . . Jan 2014 . www.nachicagonorth.com . Natural Awakenings . February 23, 2014 . March 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140327221255/http://www.nachicagonorth.com/CHI/January-2014/Karyn-Calabrese-Named-Fabulous-at-Every-Age/ . live .
- Web site: Meet the Fabulous At Every Age Finalists . Ravindra . Shanna . 2013 . www.harpersbazaar.com . Hearst Communications, Inc . February 23, 2014 . February 19, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140219121337/http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/fashion-articles/fab-at-every-age-finalists-2013-bvHhqH#slide-6 . live .