London vegan news, reviews & events
Here is a bumper guest post by Sonja Ter Horst, one half of Australian vegan band Love Like Hate.
Love Like Hate launch their UK wide tour today as part of my vegan roadshow, calling in Nottingham, Leeds, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Oxford, Bristol and London. Check out more info and grab some tickets here.
Now, on to Sonja’s guest review of London Vegan Beer Fest 2015.
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Ok. This might not be exactly earth-shattering news for anyone, but I was delighted to see Sacla have included the words ‘Suitable for Vegans’ on the new packaging of one of their products. Sacla are a household name in the UK and are the go-to people for decent, reasonably-priced pesto. Last year they launched dairy-free versions of their popular basil and tomato pesto jars, using tofu and cashew nuts to compliment the taste and add a cheesey element to the sauces. Regrettably they didn’t mention the word vegan on the jar, although a quick read of the ingredients list confirmed that the products were indeed free from all animal products. So I was pleased to pick up the new-design jar in Sainsbury’s today and see those magic words ‘Suitable for Vegans’ on the back of the jar. I wish more food manufacturers would follow suit!
Follow Sacla on Twitter here.
Are you new to this blog? If so, you might not know I have a regular column called Vegan Ice Cream Wars. I use this tag to talk about the highs and lows of cruelty-free iced confections.
This version of Vegan Ice Cream Wars is definitely a high.
Breaking news
I am thrilled to announce an exclusive performance by comedian Jack Yapp on the London Vegan Beer Fest stage.
Jake is a multi-talented writer, producer, performer, voiceover person, dandy, delinquent and dedicated vegan.
Jake works hard to make people laugh, as he will be doing during his residency as part of Camden Fringe in August. Between August 10 and 23, you can check out Jake’s One-Derland show where he picks apart a day in the life of BBC1 in order to examine the future of the Beeb.
Click here to read more about One-Derland and be sure to follow Jake on Twitter.
Jake hits the London Beer Fest Stage at 4pm sharp.
Book tickets for London Vegan Beer Fest by clicking here NOW!
London Vegan Beer Fest takes place tomorrow, but the fun doesn’t end once guests stumble back out onto the streets of London.
The following vegan businesses have each offered a discount or special for anyone wearing a London Vegan Beer Fest wristband.
The special offers are good for Saturday July 18, 2015 for people wearing an event wristband only.
Check them out:
London Vegan Beer Fest is about beer, food and music.
Oh, yeah. It is also about vegan wine. A hell of a lot of vegan wine.
If you are one of those people holding off on coming along to London Vegan Beer Fest because you only drink vino, the following list is going to be the thing that tips you over the edge.
Our exclusive vegan wine bar is hosted by Sustainable Wines UK founder Tulip. Tulip has recently launched an eco-friendly wine bar in Enfield and sells a lot of cruelty-free wine online. You can read about Tulip’s wine businesses here.
Keep scrolling down to see the MAMMOTH list of vegan wines Sustainable Wines UK will be pouring at London Vegan Beer Fest in two days time.
It’s incredible.
London Vegan Beer Fest is not the only exciting event taking place on Saturday July 18th, 2015.
You can also join Animal Aid for their sponsored 10 km Walk For The Animals on London’s Hampstead Heath.
Get along to meet Marsha, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier saved by the fantastic New Hope Animal Rescue, along with some other shelter residents.
The animals will be enjoying a day out from their kennels, as well as hoping to find a new forever family.
You can register for the walk and print off more details here and sponsor Marsha – who is walking for Animal Aid – here.
Tell everyone about this wonderful event!
This information just arrived into my inbox and I couldn’t wait to share it with you all.
It is HUGE news for London.
I’m stripping it down to simple facts:
This new vegan café is looking to hire a head chef.
Check out the help wanted advert below.
I’ve never written about beer as much as I have this week. Beer lists are coming out of my ears ahead of London Vegan Beer Fest on Saturday and I’m now adding the final notes to this impressive line up.
Stroud Brewery is back with the event and they are once again bringing the winner of best beer in show 2014, Asparagasm.
Check out the full list of what they will be serving below:
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I’m sure it’s not news that Berlin has two branches of the Veganz supermarket (by the way, does anyone get the pun in the name?), but for me perhaps an even greater sign of progress are the Veganz sections in one of Germany’s mainstream supermarkets, Kaiser’s (know as Tengelmann in Bavaria for some reason).
Highly visible vegan labelling in prominent locations in a major supermarket is a good sight to see. I feel it helps to normalise the word and concept. This in addition to other products proudly promoted as vegan, for instance in Kaisers’ own chilled sections.
It’s not just Kaiser’s either, other supermarkets are pushing vegan products as well. Veganz also has concessions in Metro and Globus supermarkets. It’s good to know if you desperately need to do some midnight vegan shopping from treats to staples, there’s somewhere to go. Seitan powder, dried soya chunks, vegan cream (pouring or whipped), energy bars, sweets and chocolate, kale chips, cooking spices, omelette mix… (p.s. If you’re wondering, the pun in Veganz is that ‘ganz’ is German for ‘everything’).
Reminder: Join Joe for Berlin Vegan Drinks this week and join the Facebook page for future updates.