London vegan news, reviews & events
If you are a parent or carer trying to keep your little ones entertained (and fed) during the school holidays this week, The Veg Box Cafe in Canterbury and London might just be your new best mate.
For one week only, they are offering free meals for children under 12 when dining with a paying adult.
Keep reading to find out how your sticky-fingered crew can tuck into something wholesome while you get to enjoy a bit of peace and pancakes.
Vegan travellers, rejoice.
If you have ever dreamed of staying somewhere that truly gets you, I have just the place. It is plant-based paradise by the sea, bursting with personality, run by passionate people who have been vegan for decades, and has some delightful surprises waiting inside.
Read the full story below!
This blog has quickly become a harbinger of doom for independent businesses and unfortunately I have more bad news today.
An independent vegan food business in Crawley is closing its doors for good but if you hurry, you might just catch one of the final days of service.
Read more below.
If you love vegan food and supporting local business, you are going to want to know about this shop in Sheffield.
All Carrot No Stick is a shop that is completely independent, packed with incredible plant-based groceries, and a dream come true for anyone who enjoys supporting ethical businesses.
Keep reading below for all the details.
If you love incredible vegan food, discovering ethical goodies, and generally being surrounded by like-minded, compassionate folks, then you need to get yourself to Coventry Vegan Festival on Saturday, 5th April 2025.
This anticipated event is being put together by Vegan Events UK, who are known for throwing some of the biggest and best vegan festivals across the country.
So, what’s in store? Keep reading below!
Imagine waking up surrounded by the breathtaking Yorkshire Dales next to a babbling stream, knowing that every single thing in your hotel is 100% plant-based.
Sounds like a dream, right? Well, it’s a reality at Beck Hall, an entirely vegan hotel, bar, and restaurant tucked away in the charming village of Malham, Skipton.
Nottingham has long been an under-appreciated hotspot for plant-based dining and leading the charge has been the Golden Fleece, the city’s only fully vegan pub.
Not satisfied with impressing the socks off the city with their beloved pub food, the team behind the cuisine at Golden Fleece has now launched a second venue in the city centre!
Nestled in the vibrant food district of Hockley (inside Hockley Emporium), this new eatery is making waves with a menu that goes beyond standard pub fare. The kitchen is offering dishes packed with bold flavours, creative textures, and a whole lot of compassion.
While you can still indulge in a lot of their classic dishes, the Golden Fleece’s new kitchen takes things up a notch.
I was recently gifted this salted caramel vegan cheesecake by the kind and talented people behind @wildhealth_los café and cocktail bar in Leigh-on-Sea, Southend.
How on Earth did they get this hefty cheesecake to me in London? Wild Health now has a nationwide delivery service so you can get a dairy free, soy free, and refined sugar free cheesecake delivered to you.
My gifted cheesecake was DELICIOUS and I got a lot of slices from it.
Other cheesecake flavours include:
To order you can go to wildhealthshop.com
And don’t forget to visit the Wild Health café next time you are in Southend for a huge range of tasty treats including coffee, juices, smoothies, soups, sandwiches, and more!
I’ve been helping legendary London restaurant Temple of Seitan for a little while now and the most common comments I see from customers when I’m hanging around their social media have to do with the North of the UK.
People really want to see a Temple of Seitan location up North.
I’m sorry if I got you excited and made you think there is now a full location of the famous food chain in the North, however you can buy and eat Temple of Seitan in Manchester, Leeds, and Liverpool as part of their collaboration with Yard & Coop.
Yard & Coop is not a vegan restaurant chain, so please use caution if you go sniffing around their website. You could stumble across animal-derived foods.
The vegan offerings however ARE gorgeous-looking and they all use Temple of Seitan chick’n.
Visitors to Yard & Coop can choose between:
AbraKEBABra – seitan with sweet pickled cabbage, diced tomato, minted yoghurt, chilli sauce, pickle chilli and crisp fries wrapped in pitta. All Veganuary dishes are served with a portion of fries
Karen’s Doing Veganuary – Temple of Seitan tenders accompanied with crispy bacon, street slaw, lettuce, tomato, BBQ sauce and vegan mayo
Massive Vegan Cock Burger – a 12″ plant-based version of the original Yard & Coop Massive Cock dish. Standing at 30cm tall, piled high with Temple of Seitan tenders, 2 hash browns, salt and pepper cauli flower, and street slaw. There’s also vegan bacon, cheese slices, lashings of chilli and mint yoghurt, iceberg lettuce, fresh tomato, gherkins, and red onion topped with a seitan wing perched on top. This monster is all crammed within a vegan brioche bun with loads of fries.
These Veganuary specials will not be around forever (until February 6, 2022) so if you are interested, get along to Yard & Coop in Manchester, Leeds, and Liverpool ASAP.
You can get all store location info as well as links for ordering delivery on the Yard & Coop website.
You can follow Temple of Seitan on Instagram.
Now, let’s keep hoping for that permanent Temple of Seitan location in the North!
A few days ago I was invited to try the vegan food options at The Beer Engine in Sheffield, South Yorkshire which has just reopened.
The food menu is tapas style and all super tasty. Yes, I ate everything I’ve listed below:
Click on the image to see all the food via my Instagram account.
They have renovated the beer garden of the pub with plants, lights, and umbrellas so rug up and get down there between Wednesday and Sunday. Come summer, this place is going to be packed solid every single day.
You can see the Beer Engine food menu online here.
You can follow The Beer Engine on Instagram.
