Vegsoc Approved Awards 2010

Nominees for the Vegsoc Approved Awards, organised by the Vegetarian Society, have just been released.

Now in its 10th year, these awards are an annual event to celebrate the achievements and high standards attained by manufacturers and caterers of vegetarian cuisine, and they highlight those companies and services that make life easier for vegetarians in the UK.

This year there are 10 categories and the winners will be announced at the awards ceremony at the London Canal Museum on October 28. Eight of the categories are exclusively for Vegsoc approved products or catering. Two categories are aimed at those not currently approved by the Vegetarian Society, namely Best Eating Out/Best of the Rest category and the Best Allcomer.

Vanessa Brown, head of corporate relations at the Vegetarian Society, said: "A big thank you to members of the charity and the general public for the thousands of votes we received. This is an indication of the passion you feel for your favourite vegetarian products and services. After carefully counting the votes, and this did take quite a while, we can announce our short list of nominations."

The nominations for food and drink products and eating out venues are:

Best Convenience Food
Fry's vegetarian range
Goodlife fruity falafel burgers
Holland's cheese and onion pies
Macsween's vegetarian haggis
Quorn mince
Redwood's ready to eat Lincs style sausages

Best Store Cupboard Ingredient
Doves Farm baking ingredients
Hendersons relish
Marmite
MH Foods Parmazano
Plamil egg free mayonnaise

Best Sweet Treat
Byron Bay cookies Dotty
Deans of Huntly traditional shortbread
Goody Good stuff sweets
Millions Sweets
Swedish Glace dairy free dessert
Styles slim ewe iced dessert

Best Beer
Batemans XXXB
Cairngorm Brewery Black Gold
Cobra premium beer
Grolsch
Highgate Davenport old ale
Marble Brewery Manchester bitter

Best Breakfast Product
Dorset Cereals chocolate granola
Kara dairy free coconut milk
Linda McCartney sausages
Rude Health muesli range
V Pud vegetarian black pudding

Best Vegsoc Approved Eating Out
Ginger Vegetarian Café, Halifax
Iydea, Brighton
Jaspers Corporate Catering
L'Artichaut, Edinburgh
Rainbow Café, Cambridge
The Green House, Tring
The Riverside Vegetaria, Kingston upon Thames

Best Eating Out/Best of the Rest
Aloka, Brighton
Blue Moon Café, Sheffield
Infinity Café, Brighton
Pizza Express, nationwide
Tampopo, nationwide
Tree Top Café, Looe

Best Allcomer
Alpro yogurt range
Ben & Jerry's chocolate and macadamia ice cream
Feel Good Drinks
Hotel Chocolat serious dark fix
Müller Vitality yogurt range
Urban Decay vegan cosmetic range

• For further information, visit www.vegsoc.org

Words: Sheila Eggleston

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