March 2008

Enjoy life, enjoy great veggie food

Take the veggie taste test- better for you, better for the environment.

National Vegetarian Week 19-25 May, sponsored by Cauldron Foods, is fast approaching but there’s still time to get hold of promotional materials and promote your event through the online diary as many caterers and retailers already have.

Making a delicious meat–free menu is a good way to address topical food subjects such as healthy eating, or the environmental impact of food, and it’s also a great time to freshen up your menu.

Christine Tilbury, manager of The Vegetarians Society’s The Cordon Vert cookery school, commented, “Catering well for vegetarians will not only make veggie food lovers happy but a good range of meat-free meals will keep all your customers coming back for more. After all, interesting tasty food appeals to everyone. Customers are often put off because menus rely on cheese, heavily salted food or wheat as the basis of their meat-free experience. This is why the Cordon Vert set up their Professional Courses not to teach chefs how to cook but to develop their meat-free range and underpin a caterers knowledge with new textures, tastes and tempting dishes.”

National Vegetarian Week (NVW) is the annual awareness-raising campaign promoting inspirational vegetarian food and the benefits of a meat-free lifestyle. Visit www.vegsoc.org/nvw to find out more.

Notes for editors

· For more details contact Su in The Vegetarian Society Press Office on 0161 925 2012 or su@vegsoc.org , mobile 07973 108 165/7.

· Food photography available free of charge by contacting the press office.

· Visit www.vegsoc.org/press for more information