The Fry Family Food Co is a legendary vegan brand that is known and loved all over the planet.
The family-owned brand is especially famous amongst vegans and the vegan-curious in the UK. Their meat alternatives have been keeping people happy for what must now be a few decades.
In what is great news for lovers of this meat-free brand, The Fry Family Food Co now has products available in Tesco supermarkets around the UK.
You can now find their chilled Pepper Pie, Mushroom Pie, Curry Pie, Med Veg & Squash Slice, and Twin Chicken-Style Sausage Roll (new and seen first in Tesco) in around 800 stores.
Both the slice Slice and Sausage Roll are ready-to-eat straight from the pack, or you can heat them in the oven for a warm and tasty treat.
You can view the entire range of Fry’s products (including the range of pastries available in Tesco) online here.
Fry’s will also be launching three frozen products later this month, so keep your eyes open!
Do you need a job and are OK with relocating to Bristol, UK if you don’t already live there?
Viva! is an extremely effective campaign group founded in 1994.
The charity works heard to spread the vegan message with most campaigns focused on improving outcomes for animals, slowing the human-driven destruction of our planet, and helping individuals on their personal wellness journeys.
Viva! has two jobs that I thought might be of some interest to readers, so check them out below:
WordPress Developer
Viva! are looking to recruit a web developer, experienced with WordPress, to join their current web team. Your main role will be to help consolidate and migrate content and functionality across from some of their existing Drupal sites into a new, secure, well-optimised, easy to maintain WordPress website.
The Business Partnerships Manager is responsible for cultivating and maintaining strategic relationships with businesses and corporate partners. Viva! are looking for a highly organised, strategic thinker with strong communication skills. Applicants must thrive in a fast-paced environment, be able to work independently and able to meet tight deadlines.
I’ve long been singing the praises of the vegan food scene in Mexico City and it certainly isn’t slowing down.
Vegan bakeries, restaurants, cafés, and events are popping up all over the Mexican capital.
One of the newest additions is Naan Mexico, a vegan Indian restaurant located in the Santa María la Ribera neighbourhood.
Located on the side of Parque Santa María la Rivera – San Cosme (a small park and square just a one minute walk from San Cosme Metro station), the restaurant is a casual space with bright paint and a pleasant view of the square.
In this hands-on masterclass I’ll share my tips and tricks for making sensational gluten-free baked goods that taste even better than the gluten versions. I’ll show you how to achieve spongy textures, deep flavours and blend your own flour mixes.
– Antonio Alderuccio, Head Chef at The Plant Hub (a plant based gluten free bakery, restaurant, community and culinary academy)
Get involved in this exclusive vegan and gluten free baking masterclass taking place at Made In Hackney community kitchen on Sunday November 10, 2019.
This is a rare opportunity to learn techniques from one of the leading experts in the field of plant-based, gluten free baking.
This masterclass will include:
How to make the Plant Hub’s famous deliciously soft and golden gluten free focaccia and stunning rainbow burger buns
Learn tips and techniques for making sensational gluten free seasonal brioche and chocolate buns
A-Z of gluten free ingredients including flours, binders, seasonings and raising agents
A delicious organic plant based lunch, recipe pack and bread to take home
Antonio Alderuccio, aka The Rainbow Chef, is an experienced professional Italian gluten free baker and is Head Chef at the Plant Hub in Hackney, a plant based gluten free bakery, restaurant, community and culinary academy.
Fee: £98 (£78 Concession for students, pensioners, unemployed and low waged) inclusive of VAT, includes a delicious organic plant based lunch.
This fee is used to fund the Made in Hackney programme of free courses for vulnerable and low-income community groups. By attending a Made In Hackney masterclass you get a great day of learning AND you’re providing the charity with essential funds for them to continue their work with vulnerable community groups.
Click here to book your spot now and follow Made in Hackney on Instagram.
The legendary Coventry brewery and tap house (where I once hosted Coventry Vegan Beer Fest) has a part time job available.
They are looking for part time Bar Staff for their Tap House in Fargo Village.
The job involves:
• Preparation and serving of food and drink • Developing an in depth knowledge of Twisted Barrel Ale products and guiding customers through the beer styles on offer • Maintaining a clean and welcoming bar and tap house • Assisting with ad hoc brewery and tap house requirements
The successful applicants will:
• Be interested in craft beer • Have bar and customer service experience • Be able to work well with others, follow instruction and adhere to health and safety practices • Be available to work evenings, weekends and bank holidays
To apply, please send a cover letter and CV to jen@twistedbarrelale.co.uk
The closing date for this job is October 27, 2019.
Do you love candles AND improving outcomes for people living with HIV?
Buy this vegan candle and do something nice for yourself and an important charity.
The One Love candle is now available on the Avanti Candles website.
This vegan candle is handmade with natural soy wax, resulting in a soot-free burn. The company cleverly craft the candles with a wooden wick which crackles when it burns, adding to the enjoyment of the high grade fragrant oils.
The One Love candle has notes of cedar and sandalwood, blended with Moroccan rose, jasmine, lily, and patchouli.
It retails at £25 (reduced price of £20 at VegFestUK London if you are heading there) and with each sale, Avanti donates a percentage to Terrence Higgins Trust.
But what is the Terrence Higgins Trust?
Terrence Higgins Trust describes itself as the HIV and sexual health charity for life.
Their vision is a world where people with HIV live healthy lives free from prejudice and discrimination, and good sexual health is a right and reality for all.
Terrence Higgins Trust is the UK’s leading HIV and sexual health charity, providing a wide range of services to over 50,000 people a year. The charity also campaigns and lobbies for greater political and public understanding of the personal, social and medical impact of HIV and sexual ill health.
You can read more about Terrence Higgins Trust online here.
Now, back to the candle business.
Buy the gorgeous One Love candle from Avanti online and they will donate 10% of all sales to Terrence Higgins Trust.
Click here to buy online and make sure you take a look around the rest of their range of candles and diffusers.
Have you ever felt like the only LGBTQIA+ person in the vegan village?
Join Fat Gay Vegan (that’s me!) at VegfestUK London for an hour-long social event designed especially for LGBTQIA+ plus vegans and their allies.
Eat cupcakes with your community, share and listen to stories, and of course make new friends!
There will be two one-hour sessions (Saturday and Sunday October 26 and 27, 2019 1pm – 2pm) located on Level 2 of Olympia Central (located within the Natural Therapy Zone). You can see the floor plan here.
The sessions will be informal socials. Nobody will be lecturing you about anything. It is simply designed to be a social space for queer vegans.
Let’s hang out!
VegFestUK London is a huge, two-day event showcasing vegan living. Enjoy talks, cooking demos, new products, good eating in the food hall, drinks, music, and so much more.
Essential Vegan is an independent café run by chef Vanessa Almeida and her husband Neni.
I got to know Vanessa and Neni several years ago through the vegan scene in London. They would both come along to events I hosted and it wasn’t long until we counted on each other as friends, not just vegan comrades.
Vanessa and Neni work as hard as anyone I’ve ever met in the vegan community, if not harder.
I have seen them pull all-nighters, often multiple nights in a row, in order to prepare for large scale vegan festivals such as VegFestUK. At the first ever Hackney Downs Vegan Market Vanessa was swamped by customers and sold out of everything instantly, resulting in her actually RUNNING home to bake more cakes for attendees while Neni stayed at the stall and chatted with customers.
Their shed/hatch window takeaway stall in the now-defunct PUMP foodcourt in East London was crucial in pushing vegan food forward in the capital. Vanessa and Neni worked tirelessly to make delicious seitan burgers and succulent cheesecakes to keep the hungry crowds satisfied.
Essential Vegan also became famous around this time for their gourmet plant-based cheeses.
Vanessa has invested thousands of hours in order to perfect her handcrafted artisan cheeses. If you consider yourself a vegan cheese fan, you owe it to yourself to get along to Essential Vegan to buy a few of Vanessa’s creations.
As Essential Vegan Café turns two years old, it is also important to recognise how Vanessa has helped put Brazilian food on the London map. As a chef, she is a pioneer in the UK.
Vanessa and Neni relocated from Brazil to London many years ago and it was a dream of theirs to feed traditional dishes from back home to the population of their new home. They have realised this dream with Essential Vegan Café.
Feijoada is one of their specialties and I promise you will struggle to find a weekend brunch as delicious as this anywhere else in London.
I haven’t even touched on the rest of the sensational menu which includes cake, cassava chips, Brazilian cheese balls, seitan wings, salad, quiche, and casserole.
Congratulations to Vanessa and Neni for two years of Essential Vegan Café. I’m truly inspired by your determination, work ethic, and commitment to improving outcomes for animals.
See the exact location of Essential Vegan Café thanks to Google Maps (just a few skips from Shoreditch High Street Station).
