Richard Makin

Richard Makin is the vegan blogger and cookbook author behind School Night Vegan. A former street-food trader, he became a full-time recipe developer and food photographer in 2018 and has since built an audience of over half a million Instagram followers. Richard has developed recipes for The Guardian, Olive magazine and Plant Based News, and is known for turning nostalgic comfort foods into joyful, indulgent vegan dishes. His bestselling cookbook Anything You Can Cook, I Can Cook Vegan was named one of The Independent’s best vegan cookbooks of 2024, followed by Stress Free Dinners, focused on flavour-packed weeknight meals.