January 2007

DOUBLE HELPINGS FOR TOP VEGGIE BREAKFAST AWARD

Vegetarian Society Awards - Best Vegetarian Breakfast 2007

The Vegetarian Society is delighted to announce that this year there are double helpings in the award to find the Best Vegetarian Breakfast 2007. The joint winners of this prestigious award are Vegetarian Lakeland Living B&B, Cockermouth, Cumbria and the Haie Barn Vegetarian B&B, Dorstone, Herefordshire.

The winning breakfasts were chosen for their use of ingredients, ‘heartiness’ and overall presentation. This year’s winners really went that extra mile to create a deliciously different twist to old favourites.

Vegetarian Lakeland Living’s Ever Changing Bountiful Breakfast features amongst other things - big chunky slices of ripe vine tomatoes dipped in polenta with thyme and black pepper, stout potato cakes and breakfast mushrooms stuffed with a nutty mix of red peppers and herbs - and was a mouth watering makeover on the traditional cooked breakfast.

Haie Barn’s homemade buckwheat pancakes with poached apricots, prunes and orange in an orange sauce served with delicious locally produced crème fraîche - proved a real temptation for the taste buds.

The winners were chosen from the shortlist compiled following a public vote. The shortlist was as follows:

Breakfasts ranging from the classic (free-range) eggs, veggie sausages and toast, to home-made hash browns, fresh fruit smoothies and banana pancakes, made it into the top five. All the short-listed brekkies were checked by The Vegetarian Society for their ingredients and mode of preparation, to ensure only the highest standards were met.

Liz O’Neill, spokesperson for The Vegetarian Society said: “We congratulate both winners for their award winning breakfasts. A good breakfast is well known to be an excellent way to start your day and these fantastic flavours would certainly get me up and about. The standards the joint winners and those short-listed have set send out a positive message to all hotels, cafes, restaurants and breakfast providers. There are over three million vegetarians in the UK and we are a powerful force… and one that loves a good brekkie like anybody else.”

The Vegetarian Society’s Awards are highly regarded in the food and drinks industry. They promote best practice among caterers, manufacturers and retailers, and highlight the importance of integrity in the vegetarian market place.

EDITORS NOTES

For more information about The Vegetarian Society Awards, please contact:
Collette Walsh, Press Officer, on 0161 925 2012 or email: (collette@vegsoc.org)

Out of hours contact: 07973 108 167.

The Vegetarian Society only approves products containing free range eggs.

Farmhouse Breakfast Week 2007 – 21st -27th January.