Breaking News: Follow Your Heart news

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Breaking vegan news is coming thick and fast these days, so it can sometimes feel like we might be reaching a point where it stops being a big deal.

Well, don’t get jaded just yet because this next piece of news is certainly worth getting excited about.

Superstar brand Follow Your Heart from California is launching three of its products across 130 Sainsbury’s locations from Sunday October 8, 2017. Yes, this weekend!

This launch includes the finest vegan mayo product on the planet, Vegenaise. This legendary plant-based mayo just celebrated its 40th anniversary. 40 years old and we just got it listed in a major mainstream UK supermarket.

Better late than never! Here is the full list of participating stores. Sainsbury’s Store List

Alongside the iconic vegan mayo, Sainsbury’s stores will also be stocking the Vegan Honey Mustard Salad Dressing and the Organic Vegan Caesar Salad Dressing.

You can send your love to Follow Your Heart via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Congratulate them on this giant leap forward and let them know how happy you are to have them in the UK with more accessibility.

Don’t forget that you can also buy Follow Your Heart products from local independent health food stores. Do that when you can, people! Support local business.

Yay for the growth of veganism and vegan mayo.

 

Best vegan restaurant in London

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It has taken a long time but we finally have a world class vegan eatery in London thanks to Wulf & Lamb.

Of course we already had delicious food and ground-breaking food businesses for vegans, but we have never really had the complete package of outstanding food, gorgeous decor and full vegan alcohol menus.

Now we do.

My experience of walking into Wulf & Lamb near Sloane Square last night was as close to spirutual as a non-believer like me is going to get.

I was blown away by the stunning interior and more than amused when the server told me that even the furniture was vegan. Josh and I took time to order at the bar before heading upstairs to the gorgeously decorated dining space.

Every dish delivered to my table was outstanding or exceptional. The mac n cheese, seitan burger and raw cheesecakes were all standouts that I could easily consume every day. The chilli with rice? I’m getting gay married to it.

Take a look at some of the cuisine that was consumed at our table.

Whether you are looking for grab-and-go deli style food, cakes and juices or a finer dining experience with a full bar, Wulf & Lamb is the stuff of vegan dreams.

Click here to see the exact location thanks to Google Maps.

Visit the Wulf & Lamb website to see the menu, including breakfast specialties.

Follow Wulf & Lamb on Instagram.

New vegan recipe collection

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I don’t sing the praises of many cook books but this latest vegan title from celebrity chef Hugh Fearnely-Whittingstall is worth noticing.

I admit I don’t know a lot about Hugh but some people have told me he made his name in part by cooking a lot of animals.

He now seems to be on a mission to get people to eat a lot of veg (although he is not vegan himself) and Much More Veg is his plan being put into action.

The recipes are gorgeous and the photos even more so.

If you are due a gift anytime soon, I would point the person doing the buying in the direction of this book.

Buy one get one free

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Super quick piece of valuable information for you.

Spice Box is a fab vegan street food trader that has just announced a permanent residence at the KERB run Camden Market re-launch on October 6, 2017.

To celebrate their new home, Spice Box have announced a very special deal. Between October 7 and 13, 2017 they are offering ‘buy one get one free’ on their combo boxes.

Savings!

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You can follow Spice Box on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to stay updated with all of their Camden adventures.

Don’t forget to grab those savings!

Fabulous vegan Chinese pop up

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Listen to me. You need to book a ticket for this event as soon as you finish reading.

The tickets are going to fly out.

Mao Chow is a vegan pop specialising in vegan food that they bill as inauthentic American Chinese.

Their next event is taking place in Dalston on October 15, 2017 and the menu looks like the stuff of dreams.

Check it out below.

Every single item on that amazing menu is vegan and it sounds delightful.

Tickets are £30 plus booking fee and you need to buy them online here.

If this sells out before you get a chance to book, you can follow Mao Chow on Instagram for news of future events.

Get booking!

Vegan pub in Liverpool

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I’m not sure I know a more magical combination of two words than ‘vegan pub’.

A few readers have been getting in touch lately to let me know about a vegan pub in Liverpool, so I reached out to the owner of The Caledonia to get a bit of background information to share with you.

Here is what pub owner Laura King had to say:

I’m the licensee/owner of the pub and kitchen manager. I’m also on team vegan! I’ve had the pub seven and a half years and last summer I decided to close the kitchen for a year off. I decided that when we relaunched the menu would be vegan comfort/junk foods and that is how CVK was born.
I decided to make the whole pub vegan too, because, why not?! It seemed silly not to. Over this last summer our team has been busy working through everything we sell to ensure that our entire offer was vegan. We use a lot of local businesses, particularly for real ale and craft beers so we contacted all of them to see if they could accommodate us and most could! The response has been amazing and support from the community (vegan peeps & the pub’s regulars) has been overwhelming. I’m so pleased to be able to do something like this in Liverpool. We’re also incredibly dog friendly and currently we’re in the running for Dog Buddy’s “Dog Friendly Pub Awards”. We also have GF & Kids menus.

I adore this pub already and can’t wait to visit in the future.

You can see the full vegan food menu for The Caledonia on their website. See the exact location of the pub online thanks to Google Maps.

Now, let’s look at some food.

Vegan things in Tesco

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I’m all about supporting local and independent vegan stores but I understand the reality for a lot of people means they rely on major chain supermarkets for their vegan products.

Places like Tesco have become especially helpful for picking up staples such as vegan cheese.

No shame in getting what you need as long as you do your best to be ethical when you can. We all try to do our best.

This is why I keep the info about the majors flowing on my blog and Instagram. Check out some of the items I saw in Tesco yesterday.

Have you tried any of the above? What do you think?

Forest Gate vegan

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Mr Singh’s is a London-based family business most famous for a range of chile sauces but is now launching its first vegan food space in Forest Gate, London.

Yes. Forest Gate!

The brunch club is officially launching on October 15, 2017 and is set to trade on Sundays only at the moment with expanded hours coming in the future.

The entirely vegan menu includes:

  • Parantha (​Punjabi breakfast flatbread​​)​ ​- plain or stuffed served with pickle and Mum’s mixed vegetables with optional yoghurt
  • Stacked fluffy pancakes – sweet or savoury
  • Big breakfast – scramble, sausages, beans, toast, and mushrooms (option to make it Singh Style)
  • Amaranth Breakfast Bowl – topped with seeds, sliced fruit, berries, nuts, desiccated coconut and optional peanut butter
  • Vegan Nutella on toast with bananas
  • Drinks – teas, coffees and Punjabi Spiced Tea

Check out some of these photos the business sent over.

You can find the brunch spot inside Johnny Rocco’s Bar of Awesome on Cranmer Road. Click here to see the exact location via Google Maps.

Follow Mr Singh’s on Instagram to keep updated on the brunch club. It’s about time Forest Gate got on the vegan map!

Vegan eatery in Whitstable

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I got a nice message from Becky a little while back in which she was telling me about her new vegan restaurant in Kent.

I asked for a little more info in order to let you all know about it and this is what she told me.

It’s called ‘Potato Tomato – The Eatery’ and it’s in Whitstable, Kent. My sister Niki and I opened it on 4th August and we’ve been overwhelmed so far by how popular we’ve been with vegans, veggies and omnis alike. This May we celebrated our 30 year ‘veganniversary’ so it was great to be able to celebrate that by opening a restaurant, which is something we’ve talked about for years.

The food we serve aims to show people that vegan food isn’t bland or boring. We enjoy creating dishes that will appeal to everyone and that are bursting with flavour. We have a children’s menu and serve brunch, lunch and desserts. We are currently open Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays 10:30am – 4:00pm, and Saturdays and Sundays 10:00am – 4:00pm. In October we will be opening on Saturday evenings to serve three-course meals.

This is fabulous news for the people of Whitstable and surrounding towns in Kent.

You can visit Potato Tomato online and follow them on Facebook.

Now, let’s check out some photos!

New vegan product by Baileys

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It has been a very long time coming, but the new Almande vegan drink by Baileys has arrived in the UK and is well worth the wait.

I was invited along to a product tasting session a few nights ago and was blown away by this drink. I think it is going to make a lot of vegans very happy in the UK.

I got chatting with the Baileys team at the event and threw down a challenge.

I said that I was so confident of my photo of their drink getting 1,000 likes on Instagram that I would bet on it.

If the post did get 1,000 likes, Baileys would have to send their team to Hackney Downs Vegan Market this Saturday (September 30, 2017) with bottles of Almande for free taste sampling.

Well, guess what.

The post got more than 1,000 likes in just under an hour!

You can get a free tasting of the new vegan Baileys Almande this Saturday at Hackney Downs Vegan Market. Get full market details here and RSVP to the Facebook event here.

A bet is a bet.

Almande is currently available to buy in Whole Foods Market stores around the UK. New retailers to be added soon.

Extra note: The tasting is for those 18+ and you might be asked for ID. Always drink responsibly.