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I’ll be at Vegan Life Show

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If you can’t get enough of my self-involved online ramblings, how about watching me in person?

I am delighted to have been asked to talk at the first ever Vegan Life Live show taking place at Alexandra Palace in London on January 7 and 8, 2017 (my talk is on Sunday 8).

Click on the image above to visit the Vegan Life Live website.

My talk will be a journey through my life as a vegan blogger made up of a few anecdotes and sassy asides.

Topics I’m likely to cover include:

  • when and why I started living vegan
  • how I became FGV
  • why I stopped saying ‘cruelty free’
  • keeping progressive politics at the heart of my veganism
  • Dear FGV, Vegan River Cruises and Vegan Beer Fest UK – how I survive as a vegan blogger
  • the reasons why I blog and why you should too (including some how to tips)

Of course there will be plenty of time to ask questions and I’d love to hear from anyone who already has a ticket if they want to hear me discuss anything in particular.

The show itself looks fantastic with all sorts of food stands, information sessions, cooking demos and more. Even my favourite vegan brewery, Brass Castle, are going to be running a beer bar. I think it is going to be a big crowd having a lot of fun!

Hope to see a lot of readers there. Get show details here.

Vegan cakes at London markets

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I just got the best kind of email you can hope to receive. It was all about vegan cake.

There is a gorgeous vegan baking business in London called Vegan Delice and what they are putting out into the world deserves to be celebrated.

Check out some of these treats.

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I’m not sure about you, but there isn’t anything pictured above of which I wouldn’t eat at least two.

It’s all so dreamy.

I asked Chantal at Vegan Delice what goes on over at her baking headquarters and she said:

Passionate about the pleasure that my customers will feel when they are tasting my bakes, I ensure that the most important ingredient, ‘LOVE’ is always my present.

I take the time to make a lot of ingredients from scratch, such as my vanilla paste as its genuinely important to me that the products are 100% vegan, I also make my own raw chocolate that tastes similar to OMBAR (my inspiration) and I use this in a lot of my bakes to add a luxurious flavour.

I specialise in vegan cupcakes, doughnuts, cookies, as well as Cypriot style baked goods too. They are made from organic and locally sourced produce were available. I also include a sugar free, gluten free, and soy free range.

Do you like what you see and hear?

Vegan Delice will be trading at the Tottenham Green Market on December 3, 11 and 18, 2016 and at the Myddleton Road Festival on December 4, 2016.

Keep track of Vegan Delice via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

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Now available to mainland UK

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Here are two pieces of HUGE news in one blog post.

Part one:

Adored vegan meat company Moodley Manor is now shipping to mainland UK customers. Their sausages, bacon and burgers have been firm favourites in Ireland (where they are made) and Northern Ireland for a while, but now the rest of us can enjoy the taste loved by so many.

Click here to visit the website and place an order for delivery.

News part two:

In an FGV exclusive, Moodley Manor is heading to London to trade at my very first Vegan Christmas Market.

Ais and Gav will be packing up the van and heading across the water to delight crowds on Saturday December 17, 2016. Market shoppers will be able to buy packs of bacon, sausages and burgers, as well as the lauded Moodley roast that by all accounts is massive and delicious.

Bring a shopping bag because you are going to want to stock up in a serious way.

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I’m am absolutely stoked to have Moodley Manor at my event. I will be buying two of everything. And I’m even happier to know that anyone in the UK not able to make it along to the Vegan Christmas Market in London will be able to order their own goodies online.

And just a extra sliver of exciting news, Moodley Manor will also be selling their famed garlic mayo at my event and online. I love that the jar claims it is perfect with chips! I will be putting that to the test.

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Are you excited?

Follow Moodley Manor on Facebook and Twitter.

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Vegan bubble tea in Stratford

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Here is a super quick post to tell you about a bubble tea shop based in Stratford that is serving up lots of cups of vegan bubble tea.

Bubbles & Tea London is situated in the older Stratford shopping centre, just across the road from the mammoth Westfield centre in east London.

I’ve picked one of their latest tweets to give you a sneak preview of what they serve up and to be honest, it all looks so tasty I had a difficult time choosing just one shot.


Do you love bubble tea? Follow Bubbles & Tea London on Twitter and visit them soon!

Extra note: the Twitter account looks very quiet but I have been assured they are still doing a roaring trade over there. Maybe a few new follows will convince them to get back on the Twitter express.

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Hackney vegan

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London, don’t go getting getting delusions of grandeur and start thinking you are some sort of vegan capital now.

Latest plant-based news to reach my fat ears involves a pop up catering company switching from selling fish and dairy to trading in vegan food only. How fab!

Pesky’s are currently serving up delicious vegan diner-style comfort food at super trendy The Yard theatre in Hackney Wick. Get along until December 10, 2016 to taste their newly vegan menu.

Pesky’s themselves told me their favourite dish is the ‘buffalo cauliflower tacos’. They also do the buffalo cauliflower ‘flyers’ as a side, which are a vegan equivalent to buffalo chicken wings. Other sides include vegan mac ’n’ cheeze bites with sriracha, as well as triple cooked chips with a special salt blend.

What?! Triple cooked chips with a special salt blend? HOLY SHIT I NEED THAT IN MY LIFE.

Their signature dish is the original ‘Argy Bhaji Burger’ which is a large spiced bhaji burger with mango and chilli salsa.


If you can’t get along before Pesky’s shut up shop on December 10, don’t fret.

The now-forever-vegan food business has been invited back to The Yard to set up PERMANENTLY from February 2017.

Yep, London you are set to have another full time vegan food trader. Click here to see where The Yard is located.

Celebrate this news by buying food from Pesky’s and following them on Instagram.

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Inside Paradise Unbakery

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A short while ago I wrote about Paradise Unbakery opening permanent premises in Kensal Rise.

Thanks to a meeting I was due at yesterday, I was in the area so made sure I arrived an hour early to have a chance to sample the food.

Wanna see my pics from the visit? Check them out.

Yas! Nut mylk, banana, raw cacao, date, chia and coconut sugar smoothie at @paradise_unbakery in Kensal Rise. #vegan

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WHAT?! Raw blueberry layer cake. Dang! Get this #vegan delight at @paradise_unbakery in Kensal Rise.

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Pretty spectacular, right?

Get along to Paradise Unbakery soon. 100% vegan eateries still aren’t that common in London and we need to support the people who have put their money on the line.

Follow Paradise Unbakery on Instagram.

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New vegan burger bar in London

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If you are familiar with the vegan food scene in London, you will have already heard of Mooshies.

Mooshies has been serving up a selection of vegan burgers for a while, mostly popping up for temporary events and at shows such as the Viva! Roadhsow in Brighton.

Well, hold onto your felt fedoras because Mooshies now have a permanent burger bar location on Brick Lane!

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How great is this news?!

The hours for Mooshies are:

  • Mondays – Closed with rotating ticketed events and film screenings
  • Tuesdays – 12pm – 10pm
  • Wednesday 12pm – 10pm
  • Thursday 12pm – 11pm
  • Friday 12pm – 12am
  • Saturdays 12pm – 12am
  • Sunday 11am – 10pm

You need to remember that the kitchen closes 30 minutes before the advertised closing time.

The café also sells vegan beer from the Moncada Brewery Notting Hill range and Dalston’s hand mashed soft drinks. I’m not sure why, but there is also a fully stocked bar on premises that is not fully vegan. Mooshies owners tell me they are working on this.

Click here to see where the new Mooshies burger café is located and be sure to follow them on Instagram.

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Café in London turns vegan

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I don’t know a lot about Love and Scandal in Waterloo, but I do know the central London café is turning into a 100% vegan establishment.

Big news, right?!

Check out the post below that recently appeared on their Instagram account.


It looks as though you can drop in from Monday September 12, 2016 and everything will be plant based.

This is top news for lots of reasons. Obviously the most important yay! is for compassion and animals, but also yay! for something vegan near Waterloo station.

Follow Love and Scandal on Instagram and Twitter.

Click here to see where Love and Scandal is located.

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Rawligion in central London

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If you are like me and haven’t found/made time to try Rawligion in central London, this post will give you a small visual insight into what the café serves.

It looks good!

The restaurant sent me photos of (from top) raw chocolate Rochers, Thai slaw, raw dehydrated falafels, lemon tahini dip & hemp tabbouleh and finally the raw pancakes.

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Rawligion is only a 40-second walk from Goodge Street Underground station or a 6-minute walk from Tottenham Court Road.

You can visit the website, follow on Twitter, follow on Instagram or like on Facebook.

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Temple of Seitan

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There is a new vegan food business in London that has me more than simply excited. I’m absolutely flipping my wig over this stuff!

Can you see that deep-fried, crunchy glory? Look at it!

Temple of Seitan is a street food endeavour that will turn even the most determined frown upside down.

There isn’t much more to say other than they make fried seitan. In fact, they make the best fried seitan I think I have ever encountered on the planet. I had a basket of the good stuff on Friday at the Just V Show and was so thoroughly blown away that I went back for another on Saturday.

You need to follow Temple of Seitan on Instagram to keep track of all the rad events they will be at in coming months.

I love Temple of Seitan and if you want to be happy, you will make them a part of your life. If you have no interest in being happy, forget I said anything and go back to looking at the slate-grey Victorian sky outside your double glazed window.

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