London vegan news, reviews & events
A few months ago, I wrote about the impending arrival of a shop in west London set to sell decadent truffles.
Update: it has arrived.
Josh and I visited the Bianca Márton shop front on London Road in Brentford and it is a stunning showcase of gourmet sweets.
Check it out below.
Cakes ‘n’ Treats, the Camden-based vegan bakery that has been the subject of an ongoing anti-fascist campaign, has shut its doors.
According to a post on the company’s Facebook page, the store has permanently closed but the owner will return after winter to open the business in a new, undisclosed location somewhere in London.
Every now and then a shopping expedition to vegan boutique and grocery store, Vx, is in order.
I love walking into a shop safe in the knowledge I can buy anything I want.
Wanna see the latest haul of vegan groceries that found their way back to my house from Vx yesterday?
Got a spare £150 burning a hole in your hemp trouser pocket?
Major grocery retailer Waitrose is offering a full day vegan cooking class with cook book author and blogger, Aine Carlin.
Check out the details below.
I am just 24 hours out from opening the doors for my second annual New Year’s Eve party.
Earlier this week, all 70 tickets for the vegan buffet dinner starting at 6:30pm sold out completely. I have been in touch with Louise and Frank of host venue Kabaret and we have sorted a few extra spaces for the meal, so book here for one of the last dinner spots. The dinner ticket also gets you access to the disco starting at 10pm.
Which brings me to this news.
Check out the line up of DJs set to keep the compassionate crowd dancing tomorrow night after 10pm until late.
It has been a bit quiet on the Vegan Ice Cream Wars front. Not much to report back from the trenches.
Quiet, that is, until I stumbled into Waitrose in White City Westfield today.
When you shop in a mainstream grocery store in the UK, you usually find just one brand of vegan ice cream (or two if you are fortunate). My experiences as a vegan consumer have left me disappointed by the freezer section of most supermarkets.
This is what makes the ice cream freezer at the White City Waitrose so impressive.
I didn’t see one brand. Or two. Or three. I saw four brands of vegan ice cream or frozen desserts. This sighting was also impressive as each brand featured had at least two flavours available.
Check it out below.
(After the pics, I’ll let you know which one came home with me. Can you guess?)
My partner Josh is climbing on board the blogging train today to give you some advice on where to go in central London when faced with dining companions who flatly refuse to go to an entirely vegan restaurant.
Thanks, Josh. Love you. xx
Last night was a very good night for food lovers.
Everyone in attendance at the first night of my annual vegan Christmas dinner gave rave reviews for the 3-course meal served by The Gallery Café. It was a roaring success.
Want to see what we consumed?
Party people have been approaching me for weeks wanting to know what I have planned for the biggest night of the year.
Well, here you go.
NYE with FGV 2014/2015 is ready for blast off.
It’s Friday once again, which means I am here with some tips for the weekend.
Check them out below.