Vegan brioche buns in major UK supermarket

The future is here and it tastes like brioche.

Superstar vegan eatery Make No Bones of Sheffield has been collaborating with local bakery Fletchers to design the perfect vegan brioche.

And guess what? They have done it!

Don’t they look sensational?!

I asked Lauren from Make No Bones to give me a brief comment on the brioche launch and she said:

From our point of view, we are dead excited that there is a demand for vegan brioche and how far the accessibility of vegan food has come!

The Make No Bones vegan brioche buns launched in 400 Tesco stores today (January 27, 2020). I haven’t seen a store list yet but I have heard that they are mostly in Tesco Extra locations.

Are you excited for vegan Brioche buns?

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Super cool vegan merch to buy online

One of the finest places to eat vegan food on the planet is Make No Bones in Sheffield.

This comfort food hot spot is legendary with local people and is also quickly developing a reputation as a place to visit for people all over the planet.

Yes, the food is THAT good.

Fans of Make No Bones love the place so much, they demanded merchandise in order to show their dedication in public.

The restaurant has come up with a bunch of super cool merch that you can order online. Check it out.

First up, the apron. How cool will you look as your are cooking up a vegan storm in your own kitchen?

Lay your eyes on this gorgeous tea towel. It works for drying dishes, but it is so pretty I would consider framing one for my kitchen wall. Or sowing two back to back to make a cushion!

What about a t-shirt? Make No Bones has you covered. The avocado wings is on the front, while the back features the name of the restaurant. Style.

Lastly, you can buy a gorgeous Make No Bones pin. Imagine how fine you will look with this snappy little badge on your collar.

All of the above items are available online here.

You can also follow Make No Bones on Instagram.

See the exact location of the Sheffield restaurant thanks to Google Maps.

UK’s first vegan social centre opens this week

Great news.

The UK’s first vegan social centre is launching this Friday in Sheffield!

Heartcure Collective is the first of its kind in the UK and Europe, converted from and old warehouse in the centre of town.

Set to feature Vibes Food Co cafe and coffee shop, zero waste shop Zero Hero, ethical clothing store Wild Ones, a library, kids area, and more, Heartcure Collective has been in planning and development for two years.

The centre will focus on animal rights, sustainability and the environment. Through hosting workshops, talks, film screenings and events the centre aims to empower people to create change in the world.

Zero Hero will offer a mixture of essential package-free foods, toiletries and additional products to help the community live more sustainably while Wild Ones will stock ethical clothing and accessories including Heartcure Clothing, wallets and purses made from cork, and the highly anticipated Eden Perfumes.

The centre will have a dedicated kids area with a small selection of books and toys.

The library is packed full with books focussing on animal rights, human rights, feminism, anarchism, and sustainability. There is also a computer with software for video and photo editing for community use.

Heartcure Collective is a non-profit community interest company with all profits helping to sustain the centre and will allow them to host low-cost fundraising events for local charities.

If you are in Sheffield, visit Heartcure Collective on or after Friday November 30, 2018. The opening hours are Tuesday to Saturday 9am-10pm and Sunday 10am-8pm.

Follow Heartcure Collective on Instagram and Facebook.

New vegan eatery in Sheffield

There is a new vegan eatery in Sheffield called Shed.

Shed is described as:

We create affordable, super-tasty plant-based food that goes big on nutrition and even bigger on flavour. And we’re on a mission to inspire and to nourish the growing number of people embracing a plant-based lifestyle.

The new eatery is housed inside a venue called Cutlery Works which is located about a 1-minute work from mega venue Church and Make No Bones.

Check out some of the Shed food photos below, follow them on Instagram, and see their exact location thanks to Google Maps.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BqQOCSRgqtj/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BqKK49ogi5-/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BqC_9OWH-8R/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BprKlYfAsws/

Vegan Christmas menu to impress

Still looking for your Christmas party venue, Sheffield?

Church: Temple of Fun with food by Make No Bones is available for parties of all sizes from 8 to 60 people.

For larger groups, they can give you exclusive access to their small bar along with a private, roped off area. Drink packages can also be tailored on request.

The exclusive vegan Christmas Banquet Menu from Make No Bones is available for advance bookings at £20.95 per head and it looks incredible!

  • Prawn cocktail
  • Blue cheese and broccoli tempura (GF)
  • Maple bacon, shredded brussel sprout and nutmeg tostadas
  • Roast beef stuffed Yorkshire puddings with horseradish drizzle
  • Sage and onion breaded turkey with cranberry dip (GFO)
  • Pigs in blankets
  • Cauliflower cheese (GF)(N)
  • Roast potato canapes (GF)
  • Leek and parsnip gratin (N)
  • Chocolate orange and spiced rum brownie with blood orange custard

To book your party, please email booking@templeof.fun with your party size, chosen date, time and package requirements.

You can also follow Make No Bones on Instagram.

The BagNut has landed in Sheffield

Remember when I posted about my mate Dave at Make No Bones turning my dream into a menu item?

Quick recap:

I had a dream about a bagel filled with vegan bacon and cheese that was battered and deep fried. In my dream I named it the BagNut because it was a cross between a bagel and a donut.

Fast forward to right now and we are two days out from the BagNut being added to the weekend menu at Make No Bones in Sheffield.

Take a look at them below.

There is a savoury and a sweet NutBag launching this Saturday (September 22, 2018).

The savoury features bacon, cheese, tomato, and pickle in a dill batter while the sweet version has hazelnut chocolate in vanilla batter, served with crushed ginger biscuits, warm ganache, and sprinkles.

This is FGV dream invented food. You need it in your life!

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New vegan pie cafe in Sheffield

I like to think I know everything about everything vegan, but one person has me well and truly licked.

Jez (who works at The Incredible Nutshell vegan grocery store) is always ahead of the game when it comes to what’s up with vegan Sheffield.

This latest piece of news from the ‘Jez Express’ is extremely welcome:

The Burger Garden has been taken over by the owners The Plant & Steel City Cakes. They opened 3.14 The Vegan Pi Company on Friday just gone. I’ve supplied pictures of the ‘chicken’ & stuffing pie I had as well as the shop front. (see below)

In other Jez-sourced news:

There’s a vegan bookshop & cafe opening further down Abbeydale Rd from 3.14 Pi soon called Red Haus and a completely vegan gluten-free bakery opening the end of October called Pearl Bakery.

It’s all happening in Sheffield, people!

Say hello to the BagNut

It came to me in a dream.

There haven’t been many times in my life when I’ve watched a dream come true before my very eyes. Actually, this might be the first legitimate dream of mine that has been turned into reality.

It all started when I had a dream about a bagel filled with vegan bacon and cheese that had been battered and deep fried. It was such a vivid dream that I was instantly obsessed with the idea.

Fast forward to a few days ago and I was talking to my mate Dave of superstar vegan eatery Make No Bones in Sheffield about the BagNut (yes, bagel + donut = BagNut) and he agreed to make it for me.

I was floored!

My dream originally featured the bagel being held together with string before being battered and fried, but Dave knows what he is doing and used wooden skewers to hold it all together.

So what you can see below is the world’s first ever BagNut. A lightly toasted bagel filled with seitan bacon, cheese sauce, and pickles before being battered and deep fried.

To make this situation even better, Dave and Make No Bones have agreed to add the BagNut to their menu sometime in the coming days.

If you are ever in Sheffield, you need to make time to grab a BagNut. It is a taste sensation. If you live in Sheffield, I pray you have willpower or else this might become tea a few times a week.

Make No Bones is now located in new mega vegan venue Church: Temple of Fun which is also an amazing vegan bar and Drop Dead clothing boutique. I’ve also seen a new vegan tattoo studio being built inside the venue this week.

You can see the exact location of Make No Bones/Church online thanks to Google Maps.

Follow Make No Bones and Church on Instagram.

Extra news: Make No Bones and Church are hosting the official Sheffield Vegan Beer Fest after party on Saturday August 18, 2018 from 8pm. If you show your beer fest wrist band at the bar you get 10% off food orders and 10% off the official after party cocktail, the Slow Burner.

Click here to order cheap £4 Sheffield Vegan Beer Fest tickets online or pay £7 on the door.

Vegan after party in Sheffield

Join Church – Temple of Fun as they host the official after party for the 2nd annual Sheffield Vegan Beer Fest on Saturday August 18, 2018.

Following on from the food, beer, and karaoke extravaganza that is Sheffield Vegan Beer Fest hosted by Fat Gay Vegan, the official after party takes up residence in Church – Temple of Fun from 8pm with free entry, a DJ spinning tunes, later food service until 10:30pm from Make No Bones, and a late closing time of 2am.

All are welcome to the after party. Even if you haven’t been to the beer fest you can still join the party.

HOWEVER…

Church – Temple of Fun is offering some special deals for people wearing their Sheffield Vegan Beer Fest wristband.

Show your wristband at the bar and you get a 10% discount off all food orders during the after party plus 10% discount off our bespoke chili margarita cocktail, Slow Burner. This cocktail has been especially requested by Fat Gay Vegan for the after party and it packs a punch.

You can buy cheap online tickets for Sheffield Vegan Beer Fest for just £4 here: http://veganbeerfest.co.uk/sheffield2018/ (reminder you do not need a ticket to attend the after party but you only get the food and Slow Burner discount if you are wearing a wrist band)

Church – Temple of Fun is also home to Drop Dead. clothing. You can visit the website here: https://templeof.fun/

Beer list for Sheffield Vegan Beer Fest 2018

It is finally here!

Of course we get excited about the food offerings at Sheffield Vegan Beer Fest, but the name of the event should be enough to let you know the biggest star of the day is the drink.

The beer being poured on the day is listed below, so take a look and be sure to buy your cheap £4 advance ticket online here.

Extra note: there is a scattering of cider on the list as well as some low and no alcohol beers. The venue bar will be serving vegan wine, soft drinks, tea, and coffee (with vegan milks).

BAD SEED BREWERY – Award-winning range of beers from this brewery in Malton, North Yorkshire

  • Border Town – 4.2%ABV (cask) – American Rye. Aggressively hopped pale with the classic Cascade hop. The spiciness of rye amplifies that citrusy, piney hop flavour and lends some added complexity to the malt bill
  • Code Blue – 5.0%ABV (keg) – Blueberry Wit brewed in collaboration with the Rook and Gaskill to celebrate our 5th birthday. A huge hit of blueberries meets a soft wheat and oat base in this American style wit beer. A taste of summertime!
  • End Game – 5.0%ABV (cask) – New England Pale. Ultra hazy, juicy hit of US hops with soft bitterness and big tropical fruit flavour. Chinook, Amarillo and El Dorado crammed into this beauty. Let the juice loose!
  • Glass Case of Emotion – 8.3%ABV (cask) – Collaboration with Wild Weather Ales. An Imperial Stout with almond, cherries and sweet spices. Dessert in liquid form, aged in cask for 15 months which has intensified the flavours
  • Murk Merchant – 5.8%ABV (keg) – Ultra hazy, ultra hoppy crushable IPA. Super soft bitterness with a pale malt & oat base and huge juiciness from Mosaic, Cascade, Chinook & Columbus. Similar to a NEIPA style but drier. A huge hit of US hops with big tropical fruit characteristics
  • Red Ink – 5.0%ABV (keg) – Rhubarb and hibiscus kettle sour. Super refreshing, with deep red colour. Rhubarb sweetness meets tart sourness and spice from the hibiscus. This beer is so much fun!
  • Session IPA Bravo, Comet, Azacca – 4.0%ABV (keg) – Easy drinking abv, full on hop flavour. Bravo, Comet and Azacca hops combine to give flavours of citrus and tropical fruit with a grapefruit aroma
  • Short Stop – 3.0%ABV (cask) – Hoppy table beer. All day abv, big hop character. Notes of grapefruit and citrus from Centennial, Columbus, Cascade & Comet hops. Soft malt and oat base makes for a big mouthfeel and combines perfectly to deliver a juicy little number

HEAVY INDUSTRY BREWING – award-winning microbrewery in Henllan, North Wales

  • 77 – 4.9%ABV (keg) – A big amber IPA style beer brewed with the finest pale and crystal malts. Heavily hopped with Columbus and Cascade, then dry hopped with Mosaic and Simcoe whilst conditioning. The flavour of dark Seville marmalade is backed up by a piney, peppery bitterness. Beware, this beer bites!
  • Blod Wen – 4.4%ABV (keg) – Brewed using fresh elderflowers from the Vale of Clwyd and fermented with a mixed culture then dry hopped. Lovely floral coriander aroma and pleasant residual sweetness and a little funk
  • Chinese Burn – 6.5%ABV (keg) – Pale ale brewed w/ wheat & oats for a full body & rye for a subtle spicy kick. It’s then hopped w/ Simcoe, Northdown, Admiral, Amarillo & Sorachi Ace. Dangerously drinkable, this has a flavour reminiscent of peaches & cream
  • Diawl Bach – 3.8%ABV (keg) – A sessionable pale ale. The blend of huge US hops mean that this little devil punches way above his weight. Dry hopped with Amarillo, Cascade and Citra whilst conditioning. A fruity hop bomb
  • Eurotrash – 5.5%ABV (keg) – Belgian style IPA. Our “Belgish” IPA! Pilsner & a touch of Munich malts form a solid backbone which is complemented with bitterness from Brewers Gold hops. This beer is then hopped with Amarillo, Cascade, Simcoe, Summit & Magnum for a full- on citrussy aroma, and fermented with a Belgian strain of yeast. Very hoppy with a refreshing crisp bitterness!
  • Forza! – 4.5%ABV (keg) – Fruity Session Pale Ale. Pale and Cara malts give this pale ale a firm foundation to allow the layers of US hops to shine. Massive late hop additions of Galaxy, Citra, Mosaic and Mandarina Bavaria give pronounced tropical fruit flavours, which are accentuated by the dry hopping and balanced by a smooth bitterness
  • La Vie en Rose – 4.0%ABV (keg) – mixed fermentation sour with Pilsner malts, hibiscus flowers, raspberries and styrian cardinal hops for a delicate raspberry sorbet kinda thing
  • Le Bulot D’Or D’amour – 5.4%ABV (keg) – A dry hopped fruity saison pale with restrained spice. Refreshing & spicy!
  • Nelson’s Eye – 4.4%ABV (keg) – NZ Hopped Pale Ale. A golden ale, using Nelson Sauvin hops for flavour and aroma. This unique hop from New Zealand evokes white grape skins, tropical fruits and citrus. Dry hopped with Nelson Sauvin whilst conditioning. This bitter beer is a real eye opener, watch as it walks off the bar
  • Pigeon Toed Orange Peel – 5.2%ABV (keg) – Hefeweissen. A cloudy orange hefeweissen style beer brewed with the finest Pale and Wheat malts. Featuring Mandarina Bavaria a rare and experimental German hop. Notes of cloves, pears and pineapple underlay a big freshly squeezed orange taste. Also dry hopped with Mandarina Bavaria whilst conditioning

THREE HILLS BREWING – creating unconventional lagers and experimental ales in Woodford, Northamptonshire

  • Bretted IPA – 6.0%ABV (keg) – Fermented with New England IPA yeast then Brettanomyces (aka Brett yeast). Beautiful citrus, tropic tang with a delicate funkiness
  • Death by Drupe – 8.0%ABV (keg) – Big stout with a coconut infusion. It won’t kill you, but it’s dangerously drinkable
  • Gluten Reduced Citra – 3.4%ABV (keg) – Single hop pale ale brewed with citra and fermented with new England yeast strain. A little juicy with low gluten
  • Pomegranate Saision – 5.2%ABV (330ml bottle) – Light pomegranate aroma underpinned by a classic saison base. A collaboration brew with Jelley Distilleries
  • Session Lager – 3.8%ABV (keg) – Straw coloured session beer, generously hopped with Spalt Select, Citra and Mosaic. Fermented with house yeast strain and cold conditioned for 4 weeks
  • South Pacific Wheat – 5.5%ABV (330ml bottle) – A vibrant and refreshing Wheat beer using two hops hailing from the South Pacific region: Nelson Sauvin and Vic Secret
  • Super Thai PA – 5.5%ABV (330ml bottle) – An aromatic and light Pale Ale infused with double the amount of Lemongrass, Ginger, and Kaffir Lime
  • Trium Florum – 6.0%ABV (750ml bottle) – Farmhouse Saison infused with a blend of Hibiscus, Marigold & Elderflower. The appearance is bright pink and palette delicately floral, fruity and spicy
  • Trium Humulus – 7.5%ABV (750ml bottle) – Fermented dry with Champagne yeast, then dry hopped with a trio of fruity hops; Mosaic, Vic Secret & Nelson Sauvin. The body is light and aroma distinctly hoppy. Best shared fresh for maximum aroma

TWISTED BARREL ALES – Coventry brewery using a unique mix of modern and classical styles and methods

  • Detroit Sour City – 4.0%ABV (keg) – Dry Hop Sour. A dry hopped Berliner Weisse, lemon sherbet and mango combine in this ridiculously refreshing beer
  • Djentle – 2.7%ABV (can) – Table Beer. A heavily dry hopped light pale, with orange and lime citrus flavour from the Amarillo and Centennial hop combo
  • I Am The Muffin – 5.5%ABV (can) – Belgian Blonde. Traditional light Belgian blonde, brewed with Ardennes yeast and hopped with Citra hops for a lightly fruity, juicy finish and bubble gum aroma
  • Kazan – 5.5%ABV (can) – American Pale Ale. Soft, juicy American pale, hopped with the classic Citra, Mosaic and Simcoe combo
  • Sine Qua Non – 4.5%ABV (keg) – Session IPA. A classic West Coast style session IPA, hoppy notes of pine and citrus support by a solid biscuit malt backbone
  • The Great Went – 4.0%ABV (can) – Hefeweissen. Easy drinking German style wheat beer with banana, clove and citrus notes
  • Nirvana – Chakra – 1.00%ABV – Find alignment, let the energy flow…. American hopped low alcohol pale ale with fresh notes of passionfruit, pine & a light bitter finish
  • Nirvana – Karma – 0.50%ABV – Alcohol Free Pale Ale – light, refreshing pale ale with classic citrus and floral hop aromas
  • Nirvana – Kosmic – 0.00%ABV – Alcohol Free Stout – rich malt flavour
  • HOGANS French Revelation – 4.8%ABV – Gluten free Cider with tannic, sweet flavour
  • HOGANS Harvest Press – 5.3%ABV – Gluten free still, cloudy cider
  • HOGANS Panking Pole – 6.2%ABV ABV – Gluten free strong cider. Authentic, traditional, strong, complex & dry as a bone