11 year old award-winning vegan chef opens first restaurant
Award-winning vegan chef, Omari McQueen, is about to open his first restaurant at only 11 years old – making him perhaps the world’s youngest restaurateur. The pop-up restaurant, Dipalicious, will be in Boxpark, Croydon, from August 17-24. Menu details have not yet been released, but McQueen has shown off his BBQ jackfruit and breadfruit chips …
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The New Greggs Summer Menu Includes The Vegan Mexican Bean Wrap
Greggs has launched a new summer menu to be rolled out across the UK this year, and it includes the popular Mexican Bean & Sweet Potato Wrap which hit selected stores last summer. The wrap was first launched on the Greggs menus last summer but has been infamously hard to track down, and the new …
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Dad loses 13 stone by ditching KFC and going vegan
A man has lost an incredible 13 stone by swapping a fast-food meat addiction for a vegan diet. Mark Henderson, 46, from Blackpool, UK, was clinically morbidly obese, tipping the scales at 32 stone due to a habit of eating a KFC family buckets and consistently consuming 10,000 calories a day. But he’s dramatically turned …
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Adopted battery hens make incredible recovery
When she visited a rescue centre, Dawn Needham was immediately brought to tears by the horrific state of four former battery hens. Staff at the centre told her the hens were the worst cases they had ever seen due to an unimaginable living environment they had been subjected to. “They were in a terrible state. …
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Hot vegan meals rolled out to schoolkids in Ireland thanks to new $1.1m initiative
Schoolkids in Ireland will have the option of hot vegan school meals thanks to a new initiative to support healthy eating. The Hot School Meals Scheme Project gives funding for students in primary schools across the country, and will provide a vegan option as standard. The €1 million funding caters for 7,200 students in 36 …
Replace idyllic kids farmyard toy with gory ‘My First Abattoir’ set, Playmobil told
Toy giant Playmobil has been urged to remove the ‘misleadingly happy-looking’ animal figures from its Large Farm toy set and replace it with a more realistic, gory depiction of the reality of a slaughterhouse. Animal welfare charity PETA has argued that the toy misrepresents the reality of life for farmed animals – who endure suffering …
Princess Beatrice switches to plant-based diet and throws vegan birthday party
Princess Beatrice, granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, has switched to a plant-based diet, according to the Mail on Sunday. Reportedly, the royal is throwing a dinner party for her 31st birthday next month with a fully vegan three course menu and cake. The event will be catered by The Admirable Crichton. Plant-based royals The royal …
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Infamous Protester Filmed Eating Raw Meat At Small Vegan Cafe And Chanting: ‘You’re Mentally Ill’
Infamous anti-vegan protester Sv3rige has taken his demonstrations up a notch by targeting a small cafe in London where he ate raw meat and scuffled with employees. The protester walked into Essential Vegan in Shoreditch, casually sat down at a table and began eating a skinned squirrel. Sv3rige was accompanied by other vegan-haters for support, …
Vegan buys 100-year-old lobster for $230 and sets him free
A vegan has given a 100-year-old lobster a second chance to live out its natural life after buying him for $230 and setting him free. King Louis is a 23 pound lobster who was caught in the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Canada. Louis was taken to the Alma Lobster Shop after being caught …
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Vegan company’s meat alternatives saved 3.5 million animal lives last year
A leading vegan company estimates it saved the equivalent of 3.5 million animals last year as sales of its meat alternative range soared. The Fry Family Food Co. has estimated the number of animals saved by people opting for their range of plant-based alternatives instead of their favourite meat products – including prawn-style pieces, meat-free …
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This ice cream is made with dairy grown in lab – and it sold out immediately
The agri-tech startup Perfect Day have launched an ice cream using 100% lab-grown dairy, which sold out within 24 hours. The product, available in $60 bundles of three flavours – vanilla salted fudge, vanilla blackberry toffee, and milky chocolate – was launched in a limited run of 1,000 pints, sold via the company’s website. The …
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Percy Piggate: Fanatics Are Furious Because The Whole Range Is Now Meat-Free, And Vegans Are Baffled
Marks and Spencer has tweaked its Percy Pig recipes to make the entire range meat-free, and lovers of the sweets have reacted with fury. Percy Pig sweets have achieved an almost cult-like status in the UK, with its Facebook appreciation society now boasting 215,000 members. The classic version contained gelatin and was therefore not suitable …