Babita Shrestha is a plant-based chef, photographer, graphic designer, and the author of "Plant-based Himalaya".
She enjoys creating new unique flavors in all of her endeavors. Babita grew up in the Terai region of Nepal until the age of 12, then moved to the hilly region of Kathmandu where she was traditionally trained to cook by her mother.
As the oldest child of the family, it was her responsibility to cook and it quickly grew into a true passion of hers. The unstable political situation in Nepal and her love of filmmaking brought Babita to study film in the United States over a
decade ago.
There she discovered graphic design and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. Later, as an entrepreneur, she started Vegan Nepal in
Lexington, Kentucky in 2017.
In 2019, Babita put her full focus on her passion project, a beautifully photographed cookbook titled “Plant-Based Himalaya”.
Every recipe, photo, illustration, and even the layout are of her own fabrication.
