Year: 2015

New vegan food

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Last week, I had the pleasure of being invited to a new menu tasting event held by tibits in Heddon Street.

You all know tibits, right? It is a vegetarian restaurant in central London with a huge selection of vegan food where you serve yourself and pay by plate weight.

The management enjoy having bloggers and influencers in to give feedback when they are ready to launch a new seasonal menu. Check out the photos below of the three dishes that stood out head and shoulders above the rest for me at one of these tasting events last week.

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A visit to The Gate Islington

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The Gate is somewhat of an institution in London, dating back to 1989 when their original location in Hammersmith opened. The Islington branch opened its doors more recently in 2012 and benefits from a prominent corner position on St John Street at the end of Rosebery Avenue.

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Incredible menu at Black Cat

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International Vegan Junk Food Day 2015 is fast approaching and many restaurants and stores around the planet are lining up deals, offers and special #IVJFD15 menus for the celebrations on Saturday August 29, 2015.

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One London-based cafe is coming to the #IVJFD15 party in a big, BIG way.

Check out this stunning vegan menu created by Black Cat Café Hackney for International Vegan Junk Food Day.

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More Than Meat

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Do you remember when I wrote about More Than Meat burgers? Sure you do! (If you really don’t, click here)

More Than Meat has been serving up their brand of vegan meat alternatives for several months in Tunbridge Wells but the food vendor has moved on and is now trading once a week in a market situated in Richmond, West London.

I paid Barry and his food stand a visit yesterday, so scroll down and check out some of the tastiness I encountered.

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Vegan chocolate spread

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Don’t blame me when you become hopelessly devoted to this product. I’m just the messenger.

Morrisons stock a chocolate hazelnut spread in a jar for just 80p. All of the ingredients are plant-based, however it does carry the ‘might contain traces’ warning with which we are all familiar.

Check it out.

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Gay vegan health spa

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I write about some left of centre stuff, but this is a new one even for me. London now has a regular vegan health spa aimed at gay and bisexual men. Yes, that’s right. A vegan/gay spa.

The organiser of S-WET alerted me to the existence of the spa and asked if I could share the information.

S-WET is located in the north London suburb of Wood Green and hosts events on Thursday and Friday nights each week. It contains a sauna, a steam room, a hot tub and relaxation lounges.

What is this about the vegan part?

S-WET bills itself as a vegan-friendly spa. The venue sells and serves vegan food and drink, as well as hosts vegan-specific events. Gay Naked Vegans is one such event that takes place on Friday 18th September, 2015 and is labelled as “an all-you-can-eat s-wet fest”.  The organiser describes this clothing optional get together as a place “to indulge in a piquant and colourful medley of flavours”.

If any of this has raised your interest (ahem), you can check out S-WET online, follow the spa on Twitter or like it on Facebook.

Extra note: As I will not be eating and drinking naked in front of other people, I would love if a reader would go along and file a report for my blog. Go on. You know you want to!

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Vegan food takeover

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It is being reported by multiple outlets today that vegan snack bar manufacturer Natural Balance Foods is being purchased by the people who make another vegan favourite.

Natural Balance are legendary in UK vegan circles for their much-loved Trek and Nakd bars, amongst other snacks.

News reports suggest Belgium’s Lotus Bakeries (yes it’s the speculoos people!) has sealed a deal worth more than £60 million to take control and ownership of the popular UK brand of snack bars.

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It appears each time you buy Lotus biscuits and Nakd/Trek bars, your money will now be heading into the same bank account.

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by CHLOE

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I’ve met thousands of people during my time as FGV and very rarely do they turn out to be as friendly and fabulous as Chloe Coscarelli.

In case you don’t know, Chloe Coscarelli is a superstar vegan chef with an arsenal of plant-based recipes that could turn the head of any carnivore. I adore Chloe’s recipes and was beside myself with glee when I had the pleasure of hosting her family at London Vegan Drinks a few years back.

The latest news out of camp Coscarelli is the recent opening of a 100% vegan restaurant called by CHLOE, situated in the West Village district of Manhattan .

Keep scrolling to read my exclusive interview with Chloe about this exciting business development, her favourite items on her menu and if we can hope to welcome her back to the UK anytime soon.

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Food to your home

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Some interesting emails wind up in my inbox, but not many as intriguing as the one I just got from this company called Give Kitchen.

Give Kitchen is a brand new business delivering ready to eat vegan meals to your home. Well actually, it is not just delivering vegan meals but rather entire 3-week long eating plans.

It sounds very familiar to the scheme launched by Beyoncé in North America a few months ago. Give Kitchen will deliver everything you need to eat vegan for 22 days. You simply need to heat it up and eat it.

The company sent me the follow photos that show the kind of meals on offer as part of the eating plan.

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