SHANNON MARTINEZ

Owner + Executive Chef

Shannon is an unlikely candidate to be the poster girl for plant-based dining. But she is, and she's unstoppable. Shannon is well and truly underway in her mission to change the way the world perceives plant based dining and changing the way people eat.

Shannon has been cooking in kitchens for the past 22 years in Melbourne and is the Owner of Australia's two most prolific plant-based businesses, Smith + Daughters and Smith + Deli. This has led to her becoming the author of three best-selling cookbooks: ‘Smith & Daughters: A Cookbook (That Happens to be Vegan)’, ‘Smith & DELIcious: Food From Our Deli (That Happens to be Vegan)’, and ‘Vegan With Bite’. Shannon’s fourth book ‘Vegan Italian Food’ is to be published in late 2024.

She’s also a Culinary Director to Amphora and Friend’s of Fire at Marvel Stadium, and the hatted Lona Misa at Ovolo Hotel, South Yarra.