UnchainedTV wins 19 Telly Awards for vegan shows

By AI, Created 7:55 PM UTC, May 19, 2026, /AGP/ – UnchainedTV took home 19 honors at the 2026 Telly Awards for its plant-based cooking, travel, reality and podcast programming. The haul underscores growing audience demand for vegan and animal-rights content across mainstream video formats.

Why it matters: - UnchainedTV’s 19 wins at the 2026 Telly Awards put vegan programming on a bigger industry stage. - The awards span food, travel, reality, culture, climate and public-interest categories. - The result gives the plant-based streaming network a mainstream validation point for its content strategy.

What happened: - UnchainedTV won 19 Telly Awards out of more than 13,000 global entries. - The network’s original programming was recognized across multiple categories at the 2026 competition. - New Day New Chef Lite earned Gold awards for Food & Beverage and Education & Discovery. - New Day New Chef Lite also won Silver in Culture & Lifestyle. - Green Goddesses Take New York won a People’s Telly Silver and additional honors in Reality, Environment & Climate, Not-for-profit, Pets & Animals, Public Interest & Awareness and Documentary: Short Form. - Kale Krew won Silver and Bronze awards across travel, culture, social impact, public interest, health, DEI, education and non-scripted categories. - Truth Files Podcast with Jane Velez-Mitchell won Bronze in the Campaign-Not-for-profit category.

The details: - New Day New Chef Lite is produced with Eamonn McCrystal of Inspired. - Jane Velez-Mitchell and TV weathercaster Tatum Larsen hosted the Lite season. - Featured chefs included Jonathan Ohayon and Sucely Montoya of La Crêpe du Jardin, MJ Guertin, Romuald Guiot of ID Éclair in Pasadena, Sheri Johnson and Paige Parsons Roache from Plant Based In The Burbs, and Gunn Pankum from Satdha Thai Vegan in Santa Monica. - Green Goddesses Take New York stars Jamie Logan and Justina Adorno. - Jordan Ehrlich of CaveLight Films served as videographer and co-executive producer on Green Goddesses Take New York. - Julian Morena edited Green Goddesses Take New York. - Kale Krew stars Nemanja Golubovic. - Dejan Stamenkovic of Dreams Production Company produced Kale Krew in conjunction with the network as videographer/editor. - Kale Krew featured guest co-hosts including Tabitha Brown, Joanne Molinaro, Torre Washington, Grey, Dom Thompson and Jamie Logan. - Truth Files Podcast covers animal-rights issues including factory farming, U.S. wild horse roundups and animal agriculture’s role in the climate crisis. - The Telly Awards honor video and television excellence worldwide.

Between the lines: - The spread of awards across multiple formats suggests UnchainedTV is not competing as a niche food channel alone. - The recognition in reality, travel, climate and public-interest categories points to broader positioning for vegan storytelling. - Jane Velez-Mitchell framed the win as a signal that audiences want plant-based cooking, vegan travel and animal-rights coverage.

What’s next: - UnchainedTV is likely to continue building around its core mix of cooking, travel, reality and advocacy programming. - The company’s awards campaign gives the network a fresh marketing hook as it pushes for wider audience growth. - The broader takeaway is that cruelty-free media now has a more visible place in awards-season conversation.