--- title: Man v. Food Star Adam Richman Proves Not Vegan With In-N-Out Burger description: He calls himself an omnivore canonical: https://time.com/3822562/man-v-food-adam-richman-not-vegan/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-15T16:33:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:18:45.665Z og:title: These Photos Prove 'Man v. Food' Star Adam Richman Isn't Strictly Vegan After All og:description: He calls himself an omnivore og:url: https://time.com/3822562/man-v-food-adam-richman-not-vegan/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Photos Prove 'Man v. Food' Star Adam Richman Isn't Strictly Vegan After All twitter:description: He calls himself an omnivore twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # These Photos Prove _Man v. Food_ Host Adam Richman Is Not Strictly Vegan After All by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Apr 15, 2015 4:33 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Apr 15, 2015 4:33 PM UTC A few days ago, we reported that Adam Richman of _Man v. Food_ fame had [gone vegan](http://time.com/3815195/man-v-food-host-adam-richman-vegan/). But Richman wants everyone to know that he is not _strictly_ vegan and is still very much an omnivore. > [](https://twitter.com/AdamRichman/status/586462949985746944) He put the rumor to rest by sharing a photo of himself going to town on some In-N-Out Burger: > [](https://twitter.com/AdamRichman/status/587797784310386688) Richman reportedly went with a vegan diet to help get himself in shape to play soccer. But it’s more of a temporary dietary choice than a complete lifestyle overhaul. He emphasized this point in a few recent Instagram posts: So, for those of you worried that Richman would never again indulge in insanely decadent [meat monstrosities](http://time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/richman3.jpg), you can breathe easy. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3822562/man-v-food-adam-richman-not-vegan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3822562/man-v-food-adam-richman-not-vegan/"},"headline":"These Photos Prove Man v. Food Host Adam Richman Is Not Strictly Vegan After All","datePublished":"2015-04-15T16:33:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:45.665Z","description":"He calls himself an omnivore","url":"https://time.com/3822562/man-v-food-adam-richman-not-vegan/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3822562/man-v-food-adam-richman-not-vegan/","name":"These Photos Prove Man v. Food Host Adam Richman Is Not Strictly Vegan After All"}}]}] ```