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Tesco launches HOTEL
Sticky Smokehouse CHOCOLAT
Oumph! LAUNCH

Oumph!’s latest release comes in the VEGAN

form of rib-style fillets, covered in a richly

flavoured sticky, smoky barbecue sauce. CHOCOLATE
The Sticky Smokehouse Oumph! launched
exclusively in select Tescos at the beginning
of January. Oumph! is made from a mixture
of soya beans, herbs and spices and is also
free from gluten. It is versatile and easy
to cook, which makes it suitable for home
cooks as well as food services – you can
grill, boil, sauté and deep-fry it! For more
info, visit oumph.uk

Club of a guest speaker on a subject of interest to vegans.
We publicise these events on the Meetup platform
VEGAN GROUP the month as well as on Facebook. Alongside the physical
group, which has over 800 subscribers, I administer
LONDON VEGANS
OF THE
MONTH Number of members the London Vegans Facebook Group, which has
over 18,000 members and provides a forum for
Where to find us 19,380 vegans in London to discuss and share information.

www.meetup.com/London-Vegans-Meetup When is your next meet up?
www.facebook.com/groups/LondonVegans Upcoming events include a seven mile walk from
Walthamstow Marshes to Cody Dock on January
Who to contact: 25th, a meet-up with speaker from Pesticide Action
Brian Jacobs: londonvegans@gmail.com
Network UK on January 29th and meet-up with
What have you done? a speaker on ‘Veganism & Christianity: A Mission
London Vegans has been going for over 30 years. Statement’ on February 26th.
Initially we were doing a lot of vegan outreach as Why join us? The new chocolate Batons (£6.50)
well as restaurant visits and monthly meetings, but We are a long established friendly group. Our from Hotel Chocolat are 45%
because there are now various other vegan groups meetings are an opportunity to meet other vegans Nutmilk. The outrageously creamy
in London our main activity is organising monthly and learn in the process. chocolate is made with fi nely milled
evening meetings in central London where we have hazelnuts instead of dairy milk. The
chocolate is fi ve years in the making
and worth every second of that
Vegan-friendly Slow Hotel development time. The luxury British
cocoa grower and chocolatier makes
El Gran Sueno is an adults-only small boutique hotel in exciting chocolate with three guiding
Asturias, Spain. The hotel’s ethos is that a holiday should principles: authenticity, originality
truly be about getting away from the hustle and bustle of and ethics that remain central to
everyday life and slowing down the pace – and for this the brand’s success. Hotel Chocolat
reason the El Gran Sueno is a Slow Hotel. From walking in stores and cafés can be found across
the countryside to enjoying slow food made from organic, the UK and internationally. For more
locally grown produce, this hotel has it all. Breakfast information, visit the website at
features home baked bread plus delicious cakes for the www.hotelchocolat.com
PHOTOS © COLIN NICHOLLS –
sweet tooth, and while the hotel isn’t exclusively vegan all
year round, if there are vegan guests staying, all dishes
served in the restaurant that evening will be vegan, and HEREFORD WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER
they love to be creative with them. For more information,
visit elgransueno.es/en

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