London vegan news, reviews & events
Sometimes doing the right thing feels like a sacrifice. But sometimes it tastes like crispy golden batter and a pile of chips.
The No Catch Co in Brighton is one of those rare and beautiful things that proves doing good can also be deeply satisfying.
Read more below.
Check out the latest episode of my FGV Mini News Roundup.
This episode has all the latest eating news you need including two new Thai restaurants in London that are completely vegan.
I also have news of a vegan fish and chip shop in Brighton plus lots more.
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Welcome to Vegan Quarantine: Day 88. This daily video series is my way of keeping spirits high within the vegan community while also supporting independent business, charities, and musicians.
Link for everything discussed are included below.
Kylie Minogue has launched Kylie Minogue Wines, starting with a vegan rosé! Order in the UK:
https://winedelivered.co.uk/kylie-minogue-wines/#
Help raise funds for vulnerable or at risk Queer, Trans and Intersex, Black, Indigenous, or People of Color community members in the UK:
https://tinyurl.com/yaw6fozn
Donate to Cowley Club, Brighton’s only 100% volunteer run vegan social club:
https://cowley.club/about/support-and-loanstock/
Recipe of the day. Creamy roast garlic mashed potato:
https://lovingitvegan.com/roasted-garlic-vegan-mashed-pota…/
Music recommendation of the day. Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling) by Erasure (the band):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsshI47JLUE
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Welcome to Vegan Quarantine: Day 60. This daily video series is my way of keeping spirits high within the vegan community while also supporting independent business, charities, and musicians.
Links for everything discussed are included below.
Three Spirit Drinks sell and deliver (around the UK) alcohol free spirits and cocktail mixes:
https://threespiritdrinks.com/
The Incredible Nutshell is a vegan grocery store in Sheffield that now has click and collect service:
https://shop.incrediblenutshell.co.uk/
Worthing Vegan Food Bank Networking Group is helping vulnerable people in the area. Can you help? Details here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/376258186590683/
Itadaki-Zen Restaurant (Europe’s 1st Organic & Vegan Japanese) is a vegan Japanese restaurant in London now doing a takeaway menu:
https://www.instagram.com/itadakizen/
Recipe of the day. Vegan gumbo:
https://lovingitvegan.com/vegan-gumbo/
Music recommendation of the day. Mini gig by Billy Bragg in aid of The Leadmill in Sheffield:
https://www.facebook.com/billybraggofficial/videos/176421906998317/
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I’m thrilled to have been asked to join a panel discussion this Thursday February 21, 2019 at the University of Sussex.
So what is it all about?
The Exchange: Can Veganism Save the Planet?
Is a plant-based diet really the answer to saving the world? Or can the environmental impact of industrial farming outweigh the benefits? Can we still consume meat and dairy products in a sustainable way? What should governments and businesses do to promote sustainable living? When should environmental concerns limit individual choice?
Join our panel of speakers as they share their views on food production, sustainable living, individual responsibility, and whether adopting a particular diet is enough to secure our planet’s future. Put your questions to the panel and take part in an evening of lively discussion.
The event will be chaired by Sussex academic Dr Melissa Lazenby and will feature:
The Exchange from the University of Sussex encourages free expression, lively discussion and the sharing of thoughts and ideas.
Proceeds from this event go to the Sussex Fund.
All event and ticket information (including concessions and event accessibilty) can be found online here. Tickets are selling quickly!
You can attend Brighton’s first ethical, sustainable, plastic-free, plant-based Christmas Market, to enjoy a Christmas that doesn’t cost the earth.
Good news, huh?
Conscious Christmas Market is taking place on Saturday December 16, 2017 and some details include:
❄︎ Gifts, Clothing, Art, Food, Drinks ❄︎
❄︎ Opens at 10:30 to 5:00pm, £2 entry ❄︎
❄︎ Pay-as-you-feel plant-based buffet from The Real Junk Food Project Brighton ❄︎
❄︎ Hot mulled festive drinks from Old Tree Brewery ❄︎
❄︎ Helpful information on how you can have an ethical and sustainable Christmas ❄︎
Remember to take your reusable shopping bags and containers!
You can RSVP and get address details on the Facebook event page.
Did you know there is a vegan company called Up Beet Food Company based in Sussex that has started hosting regular supper clubs at a café in Shoreham-by-Sea?
Jenna (pictured below on the right in this pic by Shiv Meaker) also hosts supper clubs in Brighton (her next event is tonight and is completely SOLD OUT!) with 2nd September and 5th October lined up. You can pop over to the Up Beet website to sign up to the mailing list and be the first to know about tickets for these in demand dining events around Sussex.
Up Beet isn’t just about outrageously popular supper clubs in Shoreham and Brighton.
Jenna’s company is also available for catering jobs such as weddings and her website is a fab place to find useful and mouthwatering recipes. You can even hire Jenna for cooking classes anywhere in Sussex!
Follow Up Beet on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Here is a super cute vegan food adventure for those living in or visiting the seaside city of Brighton.
At the rear of Brighton station (and sometimes at the front) is a 100% vegan food trailer called CousCups and they are serving up some tasty-sounding takeaway food.
Owner/operator Marc told me all of the packaging they use is compostable which is obviously fabulous. The trailer sells a range of porridges including pesto porridge with toasted pine nuts plus couscous/quinoa salads with homemade seitan and hummus.
You’ll also find smoothies and launching soon (maybe it has already – I’m sometimes slow getting stories up) is a pearl barley dish with sautéed garlic mushrooms, caramelised onion, BBQ seitan, rice paper maple bacon, a cheese sauce core and topped with facon crispies and a piece of southern fried seitan. That sounds OUTRAGEOUS!
Before we check out some photos, be sure to follow CousCups on Instagram and Facebook.
Here is a little piece of news that is going to make a lot of people extremely happy.
Vegan sushi superstars Happy Maki now have a permanent shop front in the seaside town of Brighton. Yep, open RIGHT NOW for all your vegan sushi needs.
If you have been to any vegan events during the past few years, there is a strong chance you have seen Happy Maki wrapping and selling their much-loved food to throngs of appreciative customers. They always have one of the longest lines at events I’ve seen them at and I’ve never heard a bad word.
People love this stuff!
Now people can love this stuff more regularly at the new Happy Maki shop front situated in The Lanes area of Brighton (next door to famous Boho Gelato).
The doors have only just been flung open but I’m sure there is already no shortage of loyal customers flowing into Happy Maki.
Yay for vegan sushi!
Visit the Happy Maki website for opening times and location. Follow them on Facebook and Instagram for upcoming festival appearance news.
