At a vegetarian or a vegan restaurant, is it an expectation that the chef/cook is vegan/vegetarian himself or herself?

I am a vegetarian. My best friend is a vegan chef who is an omnivore in his everyday life.

When I go to a vegetarian or vegan restaurant, I personally don’t care what the chef eats at home. I know some people who care very much. It’s a personal thing.

I think an omnivore can be a great vegan chef. In fact, I think all restaurants should have some vegan side dishes, and even better if there is one or two main dishes.

I think a vegan chef would have a harder time cooking a full menu of meat dishes, but not impossible.

No.

I do not beleive one must be vegan or vegetarian to prepare foods in a vegan or vegetarian restaurant.

There was a big contrversy in San Francisco a few years ago when it was revealed that the owners of a vegan restairant were meat eaters..

But the restaurant served reall tasty vega food, and teh controversy died down.

Nope. I expect the food to be tasty.

Maybe if the chef was a true carnivore, but I assume that, as an omnivore, the chef is well studied in the dishes they are preparing.

The difference is making vegan/vegetarian food vs eating it. Vegan/vegetarian is a subset of “food”. The chef can be good at making “food” but make only vegan/vegetarian at his restaurant. Does not sound like a stretch to me.

I’m not a vegan so I might be wrong. At my fave Chinese restaurant the chef is a Mexican. My fave Mexican restaurant, the chef is Italian. I don’t worry about it as long as the food is good