VegfestUK Awards 2017 - Presentation Ceremony and Full Results

Big big thanks to all the winners of the VegfestUK Awards 2017 who attended the trophy presentation ceremony on October 21^st 2017 in the Auditorium at Olympia Conference Centre as part of VegfestUK London 2017 vegan Consumer show. Many thanks too to all the nominees who have promoted their own nominations for the awards.

The Awards Ceremony celebrates the best of a vegan lifestyle in the UK right now and this year there are altogether 17 categories spanning areas such as “meats”, “cheeses”, cakes, chocolates, as well as bodycare, footwear, magazines and online resources amongst others. Full results are in the tables at the bottom.

The Ceremony features inspirational speeches from vegan celebrities such as actress Evanna Lynch (who played the character Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter series), Lucy Watson (who starred previously in Made in Chelsea) and actor Alan Ford (best known for his roles in the Guy Ritchie crime capers Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch).

VegfestUK London also consists of nearly 280 stalls, a Vegan Food Village with 23 global caterers, a Vegan Health Summit, a Vegan Athletes Summit, Easy Veganism sessions, an Animal Rights Summit, a Radical Veganism corner (Saturday only), an Environment, Food & Sustainability Summit (Sunday only), a Vegan Comedy Corner, a Cinema, an Activists Corner, Cookery Demos, a Living Raw Zone, a Teen Zone, a Mature Zone, a Kids Area, Live Music, an Art of Compassion Exhibition.

FULL AWARDS RESULTS

Best Vegan Snacks – 2,956 votes cast

Nominee	Number of votes
Nakd	1417
Jeavons Toffee	378
Pulsin	338
Ananda’s Marshmallows	253
Meridian Snack Bars	188
Perk!er Quinoa Bars	172
Creative Nature	73
ChicP	56
GOOD Full Stop	52
BodyMe	29

Best Vegan Fast Food – 2,476 votes cast

Nominee	Number of votes
One Planet Pizza	582
Cool Jerk Vegan Pie	451
Loving Hut Express	382
Badgers Dairy and Egg Free	235
Mr Nice Pie	231
Beelzebab	212
Matter Fastfoods To-fish	135
Feral Food Store Vegan Streetfood	118
Butcherless	99
BUN	31

Best Vegan “Meat” – 2,723 votes cast

Nominee	Number of votes
Fry’s	942
Tofurky	491
VBites Foods	330
Vegusto	214
Gillie Food	172
Taifun	171
Dragonfly Foods	122
Moodley Manor	101
Dee’s Wholefoods	96
Wheaty	84

Best Vegan “Cheese” – 2,898 votes cast

Nominee	Number of votes
Violife	1125
Bute Island Foods	402
Mel’s Kindness Kitchen	287
Follow Your Heart	222
Tyne Chease	220
Nutcrafter Creamery	205
Lettices	181
Asparagasm	119
Raw Food Rosie’s	111
Nutgrove Kitchen	26

Best Vegan Cakes – 2,662 votes cast

Nominee	Number of votes
The Vegan Cakery	839
Ms. Cupcake	596
Hannah Banana Bakery	302
Elspeth’s Kitchen	225
Rubys of London	183
Missy’s Vegan Cupcakes	179
Vegan Sweet Tooth London	120
MissFlits Bakes Vegan	98
Liberty Loves	64
Rosina Makes	56

Best Vegan Chocolate – 2,925 votes cast

Nominee	Number of votes
VEGO Chocolate	1,050
Moo Free Chocolates	716
The Raw Chocolate Company	289
Adam’s Raw Chocolate	264
Conscious Chocolate	138
The Raw Chocolate Pie Company	123
Pana Chocolate	119
So Free Chocolate	100
Ethicoco	79
Cocoafeliz	47

Best Chilled / Frozen Vegan Desserts – 2,737 votes cast

Nominee	Number of votes
Booja Booja	1361
Pudology	325
Yorica!	278
Go with the Fro	266
Co-yo	157
Smooze	98
The Nude Spoon	74
Ice Green	72
Frill	70
Jollyum	36

Best Vegan Drinks – 2,775 votes cast

Nominee	Number of votes
Oatly	876
Fentiman’s	372
Koko Dairy Free	369
Rebel Kitchen	344
Besos de Oro	239
GOOD Hemp Dairy Free	177
Vita Coco	171
Pitfield Brewery	92
Juice Warrior	77
Savsé Smoothies	58

Best Vegan Caterer – 1,989 votes cast

Nominee	Number of votes
Mex it Up	419
Pomodoro e Basilico	323
Happy Maki	293
LazyBoy Kitchen	248
Veggies Catering Campaign	202
Shambhu’s Vegan Caterers	174
Greek Vegan Deli	165
Brownins Food	69
Rupert’s Street	61
Damage Limitation	35

Best Vegan Restaurant – 2,232 votes cast

Nominee	Number of votes
Temple of Hackney	485
Purezza	317
V Revolution	286
The 78	283
222 Vegan Cuisine	243
El Piano	199
Henderson’s	138
Manna	137
Vantra	72
Karamel	72

Best Vegan Clothing – 1,916 votes cast

Nominee	Number of votes
Viva La Vegan	519
ETHCS	325
Wear Your Voice	202
Hempish	190
Anticarnist	188
HeartCure Clothing	141
Plant Faced Clothing	114
Jade Green Vegan	107
Vegan Deviant	101
Vegorium	29

Best Vegan Footwear – 1,954 votes cast

Nominee	Number of votes
Vegetarian Shoes	450
Wills Vegan Shoes	384
Beyond Skin	347
Ethical Wares	180
Eco Vegan Shoes	163
You’re So Vegan	141
Freet Footwear	104
Bourgeois Bohème	71
Freerangers	59
The Third Estate	55

Best Vegan Homeware and Lifestyle Products – 2,278 votes cast

Nominee	Number of votes
EDEN Perfumes	710
Astonish	622
humblestuff	180
Humane Wildlife Solutions	175
Harper’s Candles	155
Living Naturally Soapnuts	139
Little Blue Hen Soap	132
Greenscents	99
Valentte London	38
Create&Case	28

Best Vegan Bodycare – 1,925 votes cast

Nominee	Number of votes
Beauty without Cruelty	452
Buddha Beauty	191
Fit Pit Deodorant	180
Yaoh	123
Optiat	92
Bohemian Chic Minerals	66
Iuvo Skincare	65
Pure Epiphany	49
The Clay Cure	43

Best Vegan Vlogger – 1,779 votes cast

Nominee	Number of votes
Earthling Ed	382
Plant Based News	333
The Vegan Activist	242
Vegan Geezer	209
Hench Herbivore	187
Compassionate Living	113
Banana Warrior Princess	104
Ellie the Earthling	99
VeganFitness TV	81
Rehana Sara	29

Best Vegan Magazine – 2,241 votes cast

Nominee	Number of votes
Vegan Life Magazine	603
Vegan Food and Living Magazine	410
The Vegan Magazine	272
The Hectic Vegan	261
VivaLife Magazine	223
Vegan Living Magazine	147
PlantBased Magazine (formerly Cook Vegan Magazine)	127
Vegan Health and Fitness Magazine	83
Outrage Magazine	66
Vilda Magazine	49

Best Vegan Online Resource – 2,745 votes cast

Nominee	Number of votes
HappyCow	1001
Fat Gay Vegan	721
Veganuary	345
Barnivore	212
Go Vegan World	137
VeggieVision TV	99
Teen VGN	81
Vegan Runners UK	79
Vegan Bodybuilding	58
Vegan Travel UG	12