Vegan chef Stacey Dougan enters cannabis biz with AYÉ
“I feel so great,” Chef Stacey Dougan said, a huge smile on her face as we stood in front of Good Morning Kitchen on Rainbow Boulevard on Saturday evening (September 4). “I feel amazing -- it’s finally come together." The it she’s referencing is AYÉ: her new line of vegan, cannabis-infused edibles, and an accompanying “premiere cannabis experience events company.” To officially celebrate the company’s launch, the chef was hosting a cannabis-infused dinner party for a restaurant full of invited guests. Dougan has long been one of Las Vegas’ most prominent vegan chefs. Her Downtown Container Park restaurant, Simply Pure, has served celebrities such as Usher, Senator Cory Booker and former President Bill Clinton, and been featured in People magazine. Yet earlier this year, she shuttered the pioneering Downtown eatery, telling her legion of fans that she was “ready to expand.” When I spoke to the chef at the time, she mentioned her desire to take Simply Pure’s brand of plant-ba...