National Vegetarian Week 2009

NEWS

Tesco are running offers nationwide in May on their own-brand vegetarian ready meals, which are Vegetarian Society Approved

The packs will carry an NVW sticker and there will be price reductions and special offers for these products during the whole month of May. The products include Mushroom Burgers, Cheese & Leek Sausages, Three Bean Enchiladas and Lentil Moussaka.

The Vegetarian Society
We are having a stall at the May Day Farmer's Market in Altrincham to hand out NVW booklets and other veggie leaflets and magazines. Do drop by to meet some of our staff. 1st May from 9am.

Benjamin Zephaniah will be paying a visit to a NVW event organised by our affiliated group, Lincoln Vegetarians and Vegans! He will be dropping in on their celebratory meal at Pimento Veggie & Vegan Restaurant, Steep Hill, Lincoln about 5pm, before going on to perform at Lincoln Drill Hall later in the evening.

The Foodies Festival, at Hampton Court Palace on May 23-25. The event, which is in it’s third year, celebrates food and drink with chefs demonstrations, food and drink masterclasses and a market of specialty producers.
Cordon Vert tutor, Chico Francesco, will be demonstrating on each day, a selection of delightful dishes from the Cordon Vert’s new ‘Inspired by Linda McCartney workshop’.

Cauldron Foods announced as headline sponsor of National Vegetarian Week 2009.

Annette Pinner, Chief Executive at the Vegetarian Society said, “We are thrilled that Cauldron Foods are to be the headline sponsor of National Vegetarian Week for the third consecutive year. The Week is a well established event in the British culinary calendar, a celebration of delicious food and fresh ingredients. Cauldron Foods range fits the Week perfectly offering anyone thinking of trying meat-free meals a great choice of ingredients and flavoursome dishes.” “Cauldron is very proud to be playing a central role in National Vegetarian Week once again” commented Jana Dikosova of Cauldron. “During the week we’ll be launching a great competition to win a place on some very special cooking courses, and involving the ever popular Simon Rimmer.”“We’re really excited about 2009 as we’re going to be focused on spreading the word about tofu and taking the mystery out of this delicious and versatile ingredient. We’ll also be continuing to inspire people all over the UK to give vegetarian dishes a try.”“We’re fully in support of National Vegetarian Week’s efforts to raise awareness of meat free feasts and I hope it will help more people discover the possibilities and benefits of vegetarian cooking.”

Useful links

Get -involved - from big businesses to individuals, everyone can get involved in National Vegetarian Week. Follow the link to find Action Packs to show you how.

Individuals - if you are celebrating NVW with your family and friends and don't want you contact details made public, you can still tell us what you are doing - click here to see the "pledges" form.

All other events, competitions, promotions, special offers, special menus, parties and so on can be included in the National Vegetarian Week Diary for free publicity - click here for the diary form or download the form as a pdf.

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