Cellphone | |
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Nationality | American |
Occupation | Chef |
Cellphone, also known as Ginger Espice and Sofi Peligras, [1] is an American vegan chef and transgender-rights activist.
In 2009, Cellphone and a partner started Hella Vegan Eats, a food truck in Oakland, California's Uptown Arts District. [2] [1] In 2019, Cellphone started a vegan popup restaurant called Gay4U in West Oakland; the Latinx restaurant eventually became permanent. [2] [1] [3]
Cellphone created a service initiative at the restaurant, "Trans POC Always Eat Free", to address and bring attention to the disparities in food security among transgender people who are also persons of color; both groups experience higher levels of food insecurity than the population in general, and those who are members of both groups are at even higher risk. [2] [1] [4] The initiative was inspired by the Black Panthers' free breakfast initiative and by the activism of trans women of color Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. [2]
In 2022, Cellphone took the restaurant on a national popup tour, and the Trans POC Always Eat Free initiative spread to other restaurants in the United States. [2] [4] [5] Later that year, Bon Appetit named Cellphone one of their Heads of the Table. [5]
Cellphone | |
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Nationality | American |
Occupation | Chef |
Cellphone, also known as Ginger Espice and Sofi Peligras, [1] is an American vegan chef and transgender-rights activist.
In 2009, Cellphone and a partner started Hella Vegan Eats, a food truck in Oakland, California's Uptown Arts District. [2] [1] In 2019, Cellphone started a vegan popup restaurant called Gay4U in West Oakland; the Latinx restaurant eventually became permanent. [2] [1] [3]
Cellphone created a service initiative at the restaurant, "Trans POC Always Eat Free", to address and bring attention to the disparities in food security among transgender people who are also persons of color; both groups experience higher levels of food insecurity than the population in general, and those who are members of both groups are at even higher risk. [2] [1] [4] The initiative was inspired by the Black Panthers' free breakfast initiative and by the activism of trans women of color Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. [2]
In 2022, Cellphone took the restaurant on a national popup tour, and the Trans POC Always Eat Free initiative spread to other restaurants in the United States. [2] [4] [5] Later that year, Bon Appetit named Cellphone one of their Heads of the Table. [5]