Restaurants
Not enough vegan chefs to meet demand
One in eight Britons are vegan or vegetarian, according to a recent report by Waitrose With a surge of people following a plant-based diet, and a growing group of curious non-vegans wanting to try vegan food, restaurants are struggling to recruit enough chefs skilled in plant-based cooking. To help meet demand, a new…
Read MoreNew Launch: Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shop Gets a World Vegan Month Makeover
Just in time for World Vegan Month, the ice cream wizards at Ben & Jerry’s are launching an exclusive four-piece vegan menu at its Scoop Shop in Soho, London. The new menu is crammed with cookies, brownies, and shakes full of chunks and swirls, but without the animal-products! The chefs have given…
Read MoreNew Vegan Comfort Food Restaurant ‘The Meet’ Launches
An exciting new vegan restaurant is opening in Clapham, and right in time for Vegan Month The Meet is a vegan innovation from top London chef, Dominic Taylor, and is set inside Fu Manchu in the urban, industrial backdrop of a railway arch in hip South London. The pop-up will make use of Dominic’s…
Read MoreEating Out at Stem and Glory
Vegan Life reviews the plant based food at Stem and Glory’s two Cambridge locations Stem and Glory have two locations in Cambridge — its Chesterton Rd branch is very much a restaurant, whilst King Street is a more relaxed café-like atmosphere which you can pop into for a coffee and a small plate or…
Read MoreTemple of Seitan Collaborate With Brewery For New Site
Temple of Seitan are collaborating with Lost Rivers Brewing Co at their Old Street site in London for a permanent residency onsite. Organised by BLAX-UK, there are going to be other pop-ups in the future, however Temple of Seitan is a permanent feature, with exclusive dishes available. Temple of Seitan owner, Pat O’Shea said: “We…
Read MoreCardiff Vegan Pop Up Announces Permanent Location
Cardiff vegan pop up, Greazy Vegan, have announced that they are opening a permanent location. The vegan junk food company are setting up on the former site of Seasons Bar and Café at the entrance to the Castle Arcade. Owner Zoe Skinner spoke to Wales Online and explained that the idea for Greazy Vegan came…
Read More5 things we learnt about the UK’s first ‘bleeding’ burger
Last night, we were invited along to the press launch of the UK’s first ‘bleeding burger. The US may have been at the ‘bleeding’ game for a while with brands Beyond Meat and The Impossible Burger changing perceptions about the potential for vegan food across the States, but this side of the Atlantic, we’ve been…
Read MoreVegan Afternoon Tea Around the UK
We give you just a handful of the places around the UK that let you indulge your sweet tooth with Vegan Afternoon Tea. The Willow Tearooms, Glasgow Not exclusively vegan, you will need to pre-book for an afternoon tea SFV . The service is particularly good here and they have a large free-from menu.…
Read MoreEating Out at Veggie Galaxy, Boston
Vegan Life writes about Veggie Galaxy in Boston, MA, where you can fully indulge in an American diner experience with zero animal products. Boston is the capital of Massachusetts and New England’s largest city it is also the perfect place to be at this time of year. In Autumn, or fall if you’re…
Read MoreWhat Should You Do When You Accidentally Eat Meat at a Restaurant?
Jen Waters talks to two vegan restaurant customers who, due to human error, accidentally ended up eating meat “I had asked a few times, and the waiter promised the dish was just rice and vegetables. Almost as soon as I took a bite, I realised there was chicken in it. It’s fair to say…
Read MoreCognitive Dissonance – Would You be Willing to Kill It Before you Eat It?
Deni Kirkova looks in to Cognitive Dissonance and wonders ‘Will killing animals before eating them help break people out of their delusions?’ You can now stab an animal at a fancy London restaurant, then get a manicure while someone cooks it for you to eat. It’s the latest crazy idea from food artists…
Read MoreExclusive Taste Test: What Does The McVegan Taste Like?
Written exclusively for Vegan Life by Brent Morrissey. The McVegan is a superhot topic right now. Articles along with debates about the McVegan are popping up everywhere and not exclusively on all vegan websites but it also being covered by major news outlets like the BBC to NME and even Men´s Fitness magazine. So how…
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