UNCHAINEDTV has announced a major victory for vegan media, with its original programmes earning a total of 19 honours at the prestigious Telly Awards, a global competition that recognises excellence in video and television content. The accolades span food, culture, travel, public interest, and social impact categories, highlighting how vegan‑centred storytelling is increasingly recognised in mainstream audiovisual circles.
The vegan cooking series New Day New Chef Lite, produced by UNCHAINEDTV, secured two Gold Telly Awards in the Series‑Food & Beverage and Series‑Education & Discovery categories, as well as a Silver in Series‑Culture & Lifestyle. Green Goddesses Take New York, a reality series starring Jamie Logan and Justina Adorno, collected one People’s Silver Telly in General‑Television Series, Shows & Segments, plus multiple Silvers and Bronzes in not‑for‑profit, pets and other animals, environment and climate, reality, public interest, awareness, and short documentary categories.
Kale Krew, UNCHAINEDTV’s vegan travel series fronted by Nemanja Golubovic, achieved a strong presence across the board, taking Silvers in Series‑Public Interest & Awareness, Health & Safety, DEI: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Travel & Tourism, Education & Discovery, and Non‑Scripted, alongside Bronzes for Social Impact and Culture & Lifestyle. UNCHAINEDTV’s Truth Files with Jane Velez‑Mitchell, a podcast‑style campaign programme, also received a Bronze Telly in the Campaign‑Not‑for‑profit category, further consolidating the channel’s reputation as a serious player in ethical journalism.
The Telly Awards, which attract over 12,000 entries each year from creators, agencies, production companies, and major television networks around the world, are considered one of the key benchmarks of professional video excellence.
Jane Velez‑Mitchell, UNCHAINEDTV’s founder, celebrated everyone involved in the winning productions, saying, “Wanted to share with you the fantastic news that UnchainedTV’s original TV programs have just won a total of 19 Telly Awards!… This is a big win for the vegan/animal rights movement, and why they call UNCHAINEDTV the Vegan CNN/Netflix. So proud of all the participants, from the hosts to the chefs to the videographers to the editors! Congrats to all of you!” UNCHAINEDTV is a free, global streaming platform dedicated to vegan, animal‑rights, and plant-based content, often described as a kind of “Vegan CNN/Netflix” for its mix of documentaries, news, cooking shows, and reality series centred on animals and plant‑based living. Its mission is to use modern broadcast-quality storytelling to expose the realities of speciesist industries, amplify animal protection campaigns, and normalise cruelty‑free lifestyles for a mass audience.
