Pinky Cole

A trifecta of community, commerce, and compassion, Pinky Cole is a serial entrepreneur, brand strategist and founder & visionary of Bar Vegan Slutty Vegan ATL- a nationally acclaimed. Atlanta- based burger joint offering creative takes in plant based burgers with racy names like Sloppy Toppy. Fussy Hussy and One Night Stand- and The Pinky Cole Foundation. Born and raised in East Baltimore. Cole started her entreneurial journey early through creating business plans and side-hustlers with friends and family members during high school. She moved to Atlanta to attend Clark Atlanta University, and while she quickly became enamored with the city she decided to pursue acting in Los Angeles upon graduation and later went on to become a successful television producer in New York City and Connecticut. She eventually made her first foray into the culinary world with her popular restaurant Pinky’s Jamaican and American Restaurant in New York, which tragically burned down. Soon After Pinky relocated to Atlanta where she came up with the idea for Slutty Vegan during a late-night craving for mouthwatering vegan fast food. From there, she started cooking vegan burgers in a shared kitchen in August 2018, and the Slutty Vegan empire was born.