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            the winners!                                                             or the first ever Vegan Food & Living





                                                                                     Product Awards, we gathered the best vegan
                                                                                Fproducts on the market and put them to the

                                                                                test. To ensure it wasn’t just our opinions on offer,
                                       The tasting has been                     we constructed a panel of experts for a fun day of
                                                                                tasting at Demuth’s Vegan Cookery School in Bath.
                     Awards 2020                                                There are 12 categories, ranging from best vegan
            WINNER                       done and the judges                    snacks to meat alternatives and desserts. Each
                                                                                product is rated on taste, texture and consistency to

                Best Vegan                                                      find out which ones stood out. To make sure people
                  Product        have given their verdicts...                   didn’t choose a favourite brand, it was a blind taste
                                                                                test, with no one seeing the packaging or knowing
                                                                                what the product was until after the tasting!


              MEET THE JUDGES                            MARYANNE HALL is the Food         STU HENSHALL Since appearing
                                                         and Cookery Coordinator for       as a contestant on The Great British
                              ROXY AND BEN are           Bristol-based vegan charity, Viva! The   Bake Off, Stu is the man behind The
                              the co-founders of So      charity aims to educate people on   Alternative Kitchen, which offers
                              Vegan. Using their online   the facts of veganism and how it can benefi t all   vegan related services including menu and service
                              platforms, they share   of our lives and the whole planet by campaigning   development, concept to service consultancy,
              their tasty vegan recipes to promote healthy   for a vegan world. Maryanne develops delicious   cookery courses, recipe writing, demonstrations
              vegan lifestyles. Their debut cookbook, So Vegan   recipes for the charity’s recipe club, which you   and private catering.
              in 5, offers over 100 simple, 5-ingredient recipes   can fi nd at www.veganrecipeclub.org.uk  www.thealternativekitchen.net
              that highlight how easy vegan cooking can be.
              www.wearesovegan.com                       ROBBIE TACK is the owner of               HELEN LAWRENCE
                                                         vegan restaurant Nourish in Bath.         AND GEORGIA
                      NIKI WEBSTER is the founder of     The food at Nourish is 100 per cent       BARTON are the new
                      Rebel Recipes. For Niki, plant-based   plant-based and each dish is cooked   co-owners of Demuth’s
                      eating isn’t a trend, she has always   from scratch. The Head Chef does not use   Cookery School in Bath. Founded in 2000,
                      been passionate about creating   processed soya or rapeseed products in any of   Demuths teaches an exciting and varied selection
              and experimenting with her recipes, which   the dishes and seasonal vegetables are sourced   of plant-based and vegan courses for all abilities.
              are inspired by her time travelling around Asia   locally. nourishbath.co.uk  Helen and Georgia have both worked at the
              experiencing the local vegetarian and vegan food.                    school for years, but took over ownership in
              www.rebelrecipes.com                       JENNI TAME is the founder of   2019. Visit demuths.co.uk
                                                         The Hungry Herbie, a discount card
                      KATY BESKOW started her recipe     that enables the user to get great
                      blog, Little Miss Meat-Free, back   discounts on a wide range of vegan   And now here
                      in 2013. Katy has demonstrated at   food and products across the Bath and Bristol
                      festivals, worked with well-known   area. www.thehungryherbie.co.uk
              brands, written for national magazines and                            are the results...
              she has three best-selling vegan cookbooks.
              Her fourth, Five Ingredient Vegan, came out in
              November. katybeskow.com

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