London vegan news, reviews & events
London don’t freak out, but you have a double decker bus serving 100% vegan Italian food within your midst.
You are not dreaming this blog post.
Josh and I got along to the Just Fab bus on Saturday for some of the most glorious vegan food in London.
I hate to do this to you, but get ready to fly into a jealous rage when you see everything we devoured during our visit.
Yay for Ayr in Scotland!
The Chestnuts Hotel in Ayr is a pleasant surprise for vegans. My buddy Kay messaged me last night to let me know the restaurant in this gorgeous hotel has a lunch menu for vegans and a dinner menu for vegans. (Both links open as PDFs)
Have any readers been along to The Chestnuts Hotel? What did you think?
After telling you about the airline food from his flight there and his flight back, Josh has finally found time to write about his recent work trip to Istanbul and it sounds so amazing that I think I’ll be booking a ticket to go there myself. Read on to find out what Josh had to say:
Did you all know that I am from Australia?
I grew up in a city called Brisbane. Actually, I spent my younger years in a seaside town called Redcliffe just north of Brisbane and later moved to the Queensland capital as a teenager.
Where you grow up always holds a unique place in your memories, so it was exciting to hear I had been mentioned in my hometown newspaper in connection to my blogging and event planning in the UK.
Check it out!
You all know I work with Fry’s Family Foods, right?
Just want to get that disclaimer out the way straight up. I don’t write about the brand very often on my blog, but I have some news that a lot of you will want to know.
You can buy the entire Fry’s Family Foods range for half the regular price via Ocado. Yes, that’s right. 50% off. You can click here to see all the products.
The special offer ends on Tuesday May 26, 2015.
Select Morrisons stores also carry some of the Fry’s range and these are also half price for a limited time.
Josh and I are currently in San Diego visiting friends and dropping in on some of our favourite eateries.
We took a drive yesterday to one of the best (the best?) vegan fast food outlets on the planet, only to find a strange scene playing out in the parking lot.
As we pulled up to Evolution, we noticed a swarm of work trucks in the lot and people hurrying about cleaning and washing equipment. My heart sank as it looked as though my favourite place to eat in San Diego had closed down.
The truth is even more upsetting.
Here is a super quick reminder.
You can start making plans to visit The Great Yorkshire Vegan Festival in Leeds on June 13, 2015.
This event is run completely by volunteers in order to raise money for animal charities. You got a problem with that? No, didn’t think so!
You can visit the event website here and let them know you are coming along over on the Facebook event.
Vegan Roadshow is gearing up to be an exciting journey around the UK for a merry band of travellers.
This July, I am hitting the road with Australian vegan band Love Like Hate and activist group Animal Equality for a series of events around the country. We have dates scheduled in London, Leeds, Newcastle, Glasgow and Oxford, plus we are adding new dates over the coming weeks.
Like this one in Nottingham!
I am thrilled to be teaming up with legendary vegan trailblazers Veggies Catering Campaigns for the July 21, 2015 stop of the tour at the Sumac Centre.
Veggies are pioneers in the UK. They have spent decades educating people on vegan issues through compassionate catering. You will be hard pushed to find a more ethical undertaking than this food, activist and education enterprise. Read about all the levels of their awesomeness here.
So what is going to happen at the Nottingham stop of the tour?
Love Like Hate will be performing a special semi-acoustic live show, Veggies will be selling their tasty vegan treats, Animal Equality will be spreading news of their outreach work and selling merchandise while I will be chatting to anyone who will listen.
The Nottingham stop of Vegan Roadshow is a powerhouse collaboration between some of the busiest names in vegan UK. Support independent vegan musicians. Support vegan caterers. Learn and share information. Be there!
Click here to donate via the Vegan Roadshow Indiegogo campaign and claim your Nottingham ticket.
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RSVP to the Nottingham Vegan Roadshow Facebook event and invite friends
One of my favourite events I’ve hosted was a collaboration with Le Pain Quotidien. The restaurant chain asked me to join them for a fabulous cooking class in their Borough location a few months ago and it was a dream event. Fantastic food, friendly people and some expert food preparation knowledge shared.
I had such a wonderful time so of course I jumped at their offer of being part of another vegan cooking class, this time at my local LPQ in Chiswick.
One of the most popular categories on the blog is Food in the air. This is the tag I use to showcase meals served to me or readers during flying experiences.
Today’s post slips into this category, but with a special twist. This is the first Food in the air story sent to me in real time from a flight still taking place and the first time I have shared details of a meal not in economy class.
Check it out!