In September 2015, James Corden picked up Stevie Wonder for Carpool Karaoke, and somewhere between the classics, the greatest living songwriter casually mentioned he’d been vegan for “about a year and nine months”. Then he did what Stevie Wonder does: he improvised a melody about how much he loves being vegan, in perfect pitch, in a moving car.
Do the math on that quote and you land at the end of 2013 as his vegan start date, which means 2026 marks more than a decade of plants for the man who wrote Songs in the Key of Life. The groundwork was laid much earlier: he’d already given up pork and beef at age 24, back in the mid-seventies.
Yes, Stevie Wonder is vegan, since around late 2013. The freshest public evidence is his foreword to a vegan cookbook, where he wrote that its author “can teach you how to become vegan for the rest of your life”. No source reports him quitting.
Last fact-checked: July 7, 2026
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Health, planet, spirit
Wonder’s reasons are the full spectrum. Health: “For me, it feels good to not eat meat. I think you have to do what is going to be healthy for your body,” he said in 2015. Planet: “We have to be about making our planet more greener, the urban areas more sustainable for the children,” via Connect4Climate. And the classic Stevie flourish: “I’ve been a vegan for two years, so that’s helped my already good-looking self.”
The tofu bacon connection
Here’s the detail that separates the committed from the curious: when Wonder toured in 2014 and 2015, he brought Seattle chef Makini Howell of Plum Bistro along as his private tour chef. Her job included perfecting tofu bacon good enough for a Motown legend. A decade later, Wonder wrote the foreword to her 2024 cookbook Simple Goodness, as VegNews reported in April 2026: “Makini can teach you how to become vegan for the rest of your life if you desire.”
“For the rest of your life.” From a man twelve years in, that reads less like a blurb and more like a plan.
The vegan timeline, tap to expand
Mid-1970s: pork and beef are out
Late 2013: fully vegan
2014/15: touring with a vegan chef
September 2015: the Carpool Karaoke moment
2024: the cookbook foreword
April 2026: still listed, still vegan
Fact or fiction?
He sang about being vegan on national TV. Fact or fiction?
He’s been avoiding some meats since the 1970s. Fact or fiction?
His tour rider demanded real bacon. Fact or fiction?
Quiz: how well do you know vegan Stevie?
Five questions, no cheating
1. Roughly when did Stevie go fully vegan?
2. Where did he famously sing about being vegan?
3. Which meats did he give up at age 24?
4. Who was his private vegan tour chef?
5. What did he contribute to Howell’s 2024 cookbook?
Is Stevie Wonder still vegan in 2026?
All available evidence says yes. The 2024 cookbook foreword is his most recent statement in his own words, VegNews was still telling the story in April 2026, and not a single outlet reports him quitting. We’ll keep this page updated if that changes, but a man who recommends veganism “for the rest of your life” doesn’t sound like he’s wavering.
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