Ori Shavit

Ori Shavit
Occupation(s)	Activist, writer

Ori Shavit is an Israeli writer, journalist, blogger, restaurateur, restaurant critic, and animal rights activist. She runs a popular vegan food blog, "Vegan Girls Have More Fun." Shavit has been noted for her workshops and lectures on vegan cooking and her advocacy for animal rights and veganism.^[1]

Shavit studied professional cooking and baking at Bishulim: The Israeli Institute of Culinary Arts in Tel Aviv and began her career as a writer for the Israeli magazine "Al Ha-Shulchan" (On the Table). She committed to veganism after watching a presentation by Gary Yourofsky.^[2] Her blog was awarded the Best Food Blog award by Time Out Israel Magazine in 2013^[3] and 2014.^[4]

Shavit has been noted for her successful efforts to get gourmet restaurants in Israel to include vegan dishes in their menus or to become fully vegan.^[2][5] She also founded a restaurant, Miss Kaplan, in Tel Aviv.^[6][7][8] Shavit's explanations of the rise of veganism in Israel have been widely quoted in the media.^{[1][2][9][10][11]}

Shavit has worked with the Jewish vegetarian organization Jewish Veg to create a vegan Birthright Israel trip^[12] and to teach Jewish students about veganism on United States college campuses.^[13]

From 2014 to 2018, Shavit served as chef at the Knesset on Israel's Animal Rights Day and prepared an all-vegan menu.^{[14][15][16][17][18][19]}

In 2014, Time Out Israel named Shavit one of the most influential people on the food and nightlife of Tel Aviv.^[5]

In 2015, she was named one of the 50 social heroes of the year by Yedioth Ahronoth.^[20][21]

In 2018 she published a cookbook, My Vegan Kitchen^[22][23][24] and in 2021 she published her second cookbook, Vegan Party.^[25]

She is the sister of the singer Sivan Shavit.^[26]