Chef Daniele Mancino

Italian Vegan chef, with 20+ years of experience / Plant-based, vegan & vegetarian private cuisine.

My grandmother taught my mother. My mother taught me.

I started earlier than anyone might expect, long before I could reach the counter, I was altready watching, absorbing, falling in love with what happens when simple ingredients meet patients hands.

I didn't just learn recipes. I learn that when you cook for someone, you give them something that can't be bought: a piece of yourself.

Over 20 years of professional experience later, I work as a private chef in Vancouver specializing in plant-based cuisine, a personal choice I made 5 years ago that tranformed not just what I cook, but how I think about food entirely.

My cuisine sits at the intersection of Italian culinary tradition and Eastern influences.

I make fresh pasta and naturally leavened bread by hand, I play with fermentation and umami, and draw on the full creative depth of seasonal, organic, plant-based ingredients. The result is food that is refined when the occasion calls for it, and warmly convivial when it doesnn't, because great Vegan cuisine should be for everyone.

I offer private dining experiences for couples celebrating a special moment, groups of friends looking for something beyond a restaurant, and corporate events that deserve a truly memorable table.

I also offer plant-based cooking classes, one of my greatest joys, where guests discover firsthand that vegan cooking is creative, satisfying, and deeply delicious.

Every menu is designed around you: your occasion, your guests, your story.

When I cook for you I'm not just preparing a meal, I'm passing something on: the same love that was passed on to me. I want you to leave the table feelinfg it.