Vegetarian Cuisine

Pret scraps final Veggie sites

07-Feb-2024 By James McAllister

Pret A Manger is to scrap its final Veggie Pret sites little more than a year after announcing it would be rowing back on its long-term plans for the brand.

Helen Graham steps away from Bubala to pursue solo projects

06-Nov-2023 By James McAllister

Helen Graham has stepped down from her role as executive chef of meat-free Middle Eastern restaurant Bubala after five years in order to pursue ‘some exciting solo projects’.

Mildreds to open two new restaurants in early 2024

27-Sep-2023 By Restaurant

Mildreds will open two new sites in the capital having secured a multi-million pound funding package to support its continuing expansion.

Greater demand for value offerings sees plant-based diners shift away branded meat alternatives

25-Aug-2023 By Hannah Currie

Plant-based consumers are increasingly value led when eating out, according to data from Lumina Intelligence.

Bundobust heads to Birmingham

03-Apr-2023 By James McAllister

Indian street food and craft beer hall brand Bundobust is heading to Birmingham for its fifth opening.

Vegan restaurant brand Mallow to double up this summer

08-Mar-2023 By Joe Lutrario

Vegan restaurant Mallow will open a site in Canary Wharf this summer bringing its total number of restaurants in the capital up to two.

Clean Kitchen Club overhauls estate as it targets further growth

07-Feb-2023 By James McAllister

Plant-based fast food brand Clean Kitchen Club has closed its Notting Hill site and is to refurbish its Camden restaurant as part of an overhaul of its estate.

Pret rows back on Veggie Pret brand

22-Dec-2022 By James McAllister

Pret A Manger is jettisoning the bulk of its Veggie Pret estate with four sites having closed and at least one more converted to a regular Pret store.

Clean Kitchen Club to open in Soho and Battersea following latest funding round

26-Jul-2022 By Restaurant

Plant-based food brand Clean Kitchen Club has so far raised £2m in its seed funding round, boosted by investments from people including former CEO of McDonald’s Steve Easterbrook, and ex-chairman of Quorn Clive Sharpe.

Simon Rimmer to open second Greens in Manchester

11-Jul-2022 By Restaurant

Simon Rimmer and business partner Simon Connolly are opening a second of their Greens restaurant this month as part of ambitious plans to grow their vegetarian restaurant business.

Generation Next

Bubala: “Focusing on vegetables has been liberating”

09-May-2022 By James McAllister

Marc Summers and Helen Graham’s meat-free Middle Eastern restaurant Bubala was a Shoreditch game changer. Now they are taking their veg-focus to Soho

UK's "longest-running" vegetarian restaurant to live on

07-Jul-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Influential Edinburgh vegetarian restaurant Hendersons is to live on following the acquisition of a new site in the Scottish capital’s Bruntsfield area.

Vanilla Black's Andrew Dargue and Donna Conroy to launch cookery school

30-Apr-2021 By James McAllister

Restaurateurs Andrew Dargue and Donna Conroy are to launch a cookery school in Somerset that's inspired by their innovative vegetarian fine-dining restaurant Vanilla Black, which closed last year.

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Recipe: Tenderstem® broccoli with chickpeas, salsa verde and créme fraíche

16-Oct-2020 By Restaurant

Chantelle Nicholson's dish showcases Tenderstem® broccoli's ability to be the star of the show.

Vanilla Black announces permanent closure

01-Sep-2020 By James McAllister

Restaurateurs Andrew Dargue and Donna Conroy have announced that their innovative vegetarian fine-dining restaurant Vanilla Black will not reopen on it’s current site in London's Holborn.

Veggie Pret sites to reopen this week

09-Jun-2020 By James McAllister

Pret A Manger is to reopen all of its Veggie Pret stores across the UK this week, with the majority offering delivery for the first time.

Bundobust launches online beer and bottle shop Patel's Off Licence

01-Jun-2020 By Restaurant

Indian street food and craft beer specialist Bundobust has launched an online beer and bottle shop.

How I Got Here: Ramin Mostowfi

19-Feb-2020 By James McAllister

Restaurateur Ramin Mostowfi opened Kindling in Brighton last year with his wife Jane, the pair having previously founded and operated vegetarian restaurant Food for Friends in the city.

Let them eat veg: the rise of plant-based cuisine

20-Jan-2020 By Restaurant magazine

Restaurant and Reynolds hosted a discussion on the rise of plant-based cuisine and how the industry is evolving to cater for customers who want to eat fewer animal products

Latest opening: Kindling

10-Jan-2020 By Joe Lutrario

The former owners of Food for Friends have opened a new Brighton restaurant that serves food that’s ‘kind to the environment and good for the soul’.

Former Vanilla Black chef to open vegetarian bistro

27-Sep-2019 By James McAllister

Former Vanilla Black sous chef Tom Heale and his partner Anne Stokes are to open a bistro in Peckham next month.

Latest opening: Bubala

11-Sep-2019 By James McAllister

Following a series of successful pop ups and supper clubs, Middle Eastern-style vegetarian concept Bubala has opened its first permanent site on Spitalfields’ Commercial Street.

Bundobust to open restaurant and brewery in Manchester

29-Jul-2019 By Stefan Chomka

Gujarati vegetarian food and craft beer concept Bundobust is to open a second site in Manchester that will also be home to a large in-house brewery.

Vegetarian Middle Eastern pop up Bubala to go permanent this summer

16-Jul-2019 By Stefan Chomka

Vegetarian Middle Eastern feasting pop up restaurant Bubala will open its first permanent restaurant in the capital this year.

Gizzi Erskine's F!lth pops up in Shoreditch

04-Jan-2019 By Stefan Chomka

Gizzi Erskine and Rosemary Ferguson have launched a three-month residency of their vegetarian burger concept F!lth, in London’s Shoreditch.

Veggie Pret is coming to Manchester

19-Sep-2018 By Sophie Witts

Pret A Manger is to open its first vegetarian-only store in Manchester next month.

Chef Chantelle Nicholson to develop plant-based café concept

10-Jul-2018 By Stefan Chomka

Chef Chantelle Nicholson is developing a plant-based café concept in partnership with contract caterer Graysons.

Latest opening: Rosa’s Thai Veggie

17-Jan-2018 By Georgia Bronte

Rosa's Thai Cafe in Soho relaunched this week as a fully-vegetarian restaurant, and will remain so for three months or longer, dependent on its success.