Plant-Based
This features our editorial coverage of plant-based food trends, innovation, and menu development across the UK hospitality and catering landscape. We report on restaurant launches, supplier partnerships, chef-driven concepts, and high street brand strategies driving the growth of plant-based eating. With analysis of consumer demand, sustainability messaging, and operational execution, this content supports chefs, operators, and F&B leaders seeking to evolve plant-forward offerings in restaurants, pubs, contract catering, and multi-site foodservice settings.
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Apr- 2021 -26 AprilFeatures
Vish and chips does not spell an end to British culinary heritage
Popular culture is often led by narratives that a generation or population is exposed to en mass, with the mass media playing a crucial role in recent times. Whether it is David Attenborough cautioning of irreversible changes to the Earth’s environment on a primetime BBC slot, or a damning exposé…
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15 AprilRestaurants
Purezza to launch Manchester restaurant
Vegan pizzeria Purezza is set to expand its portfolio to six with the opening of a Manchester site in May 2021. Situated in the city’s Northern Quarter at what formerly traded as Dough Pizza Kitchen, the launch follows previous openings in Bristol, Brixton, and Hove. Founded in 2015, the group…
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Feb- 2021 -25 FebruaryRestaurants
Bad Vegan to open first site at Buck Street Market
Plant-based restaurant Bad Vegan is to open its first-ever site at Buck Street Market, the “UK’s first eco-conscious consumer market”. The brand said Bad Vegan was born from a lockdown conversation between experienced brand creator Mark Emms and chef Tom Kerridge, who have since co-founded the business. The new food…
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Oct- 2020 -22 OctoberFood and Drink
Wing Shack Co opens new kitchen in Canary Wharf
Wing Shack Co has announced the opening of its new delivery kitchen in Canary Wharf which will serve a 2.5 mile radius of the area. Wing Shack Co was founded in 2017 by Joshua Jarvis and Larry Shiro and currently operates out of three sites located in Loughton, Clerkenwell and…
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Sep- 2020 -29 SeptemberFood and Drink
Harwood Arms becomes first Michelin star site to offer vegan meat
The Harwood Arms has partnered with plant-based meat company THIS to become the UK’s first Michelin star restaurant to offer vegan meat on its menu. The menu at the London gastropub will now feature the “meat-free Glamorgan scotch egg”, using THIS plant-based bacon to “mimic the taste, texture and appearance”…
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Jul- 2020 -23 JulyRestaurants
Oowee Vegan launches first site in Brighton
Plant-based diner Oowee Vegan has launched its first site Brighton. The group’s plant-based menu offers a range of American diner-style vegan dishes such as ‘beyond meat’ burgers, vegan fried ‘chicken’ and sriracha ‘shrimp’ loaded fries. Their signature dish is ‘The Big Oovee’, made up of a beyond meat patty, signature…
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Jun- 2020 -29 JuneRestaurants
Purezza to open new Bristol site in August
Purezza, the UK’s first vegan pizzeria, will open its fourth branch in Bristol in August 2020. Following swiftly on from the announcement of a new Hove branch, also opening in August, and tripling the size of their Camden branch, Purezza will be opening the new restaurant at 79-81 Gloucester Road,…
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10 JuneCafes and Coffee Shops
Veggie Pret sites to reopen this week amid pandemic
Pret A Manger has announced the reopening of its Veggie Pret stores across the UK this week, with the majority offering delivery for the first time. All 10 locations, which include nine London sites and one Manchester store, will reopen tomorrow (11 June), having closed since March amid the Covid-19…
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9 JuneCatering Companies
Sodexo reaffirms its sustainability commitments
Sodexo has announced it has reaffirmed its five key sustainability commitments to work with employees, clients and suppliers for a “more resilient and green economic recovery”. Sodexo said it is the first food services company with a carbon emission reduction objective in line with the Paris Agreement to limit global…
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Apr- 2020 -15 AprilFood and Drink
Burger King ads banned over ‘misleading claims’
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a series of Burger King advertisements after they were deemed to be “misleading”. The ruling referred to three advertisements across the brand’s Twitter and Facebook feeds which promoted its Rebel Whopper, a plant-based burger that was pictured in all ads and accompanied by…
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