The Bloody Vegans Podcast

One Planet Pizza is one of the world's best purveyor's of Vegan Pizza, co founded by father & son team Mike & Joe Hill in 2014 and born out of a love of Pizza and a passion for spreading the vegan message. The business began in Mike's garage and since grown to award winning proportions with the duo's pizza's available in supermarkets up and down the UK. In this episode I chat with Joe who...

Cruelty Free International is the leading organisation working to create a world where nobody wants or believes we need to experiment on animals. Their dedicated team are experts in their fields, combining award-winning campaigning, political lobbying, pioneering undercover investigations, scientific and legal expertise and corporate responsibility. Educating, challenging and inspiring others...

Moonji ice cream is not only delicious and all natural, but goes one step further in its inclusion of Ayurvedic ingredients. After 8 months of recipe developing, the magic began in the Summer of 2019 where Abi served her ice cream at The Chef’s Manifesto Event at Omved Gardens. Abi received wonderful feedback from many experienced and high-profile Chefs and shortly after the event she got her firs...

Ray Duhaney is the founder of Clapham based Vegan restaurant, VE Kitchen. VE Kitchen delivers deliciously nutritious, freshly prepared plant-based food dishes in a 100% green energy, all electric, deliver no plastic kitchen. Ray is pioneering in his holistic approach to reducing the environmental impact of his restaurant and really has thought of the impact of his operation from every angle. You c...

As some of you may know I run a podcast production business called Bloody Vegans Productions. One of the podcasts I am fortunate enough to produce is the fantastic 'Think Like a Vegan Podcast', which is a companion to the incredible book of the same name authored by Emilia Leese & Eva Charalambides. The podcast is truly one of my favourite shows (despite rather than because of my involvement)...

Do dogs need meat? Can Dogs not just survive but thrive on a plant based diet? This week I am joined by co-founder of Dogood, Steve Hutchins who helps answer those & many more questions about plant based dog nutrition. You can find out more about Dogood & pickup your supply at https://wearedogood.co.uk This episode is brought to you by Bloody Vegans Productions. For the first time here at...

In May 2020, The Good Pea Co. founders, Nikki and Su, set about on a search for tasty, dairy alternatives that would match the nutritional value of dairy products, and would also be sustainable. Nothing quite ticked all the boxes, and so they decided to create their own lip-smacking, nutritious and planet-friendly plant drink. In this episode Nikki shares her journey into veganism & how she di...

Kayleigh Goodman is the co-founder of Floop, the app designed to help you measure the environmental impact of your meals. Our current food systems create a third of all human-made greenhouse gases. What we eat could save the planet. Small changes to our meals can  slash our personal carbon footprint  and  create demand  for sustainable food. iPhone users can download the F...

This episode contains explicit language Vietnam Animal Aid’s founder and director, Catherine Besch, has been interviewed in many different forums and formats. With a decade of experience running a rescue animal sanctuary and animal rights organization in Vietnam, Cat has a lot to share about the unique challenges the animals and the organization face in Southeast Asia. Cat has a B.S. in Internatio...

Chessie is the founder & co-captain of Berkshire based Squeegee & Ink. The business started out as an open access studio for artists to come and use the facilities. Now Chessie & Emily offer screen print workshops to teach new people their skills. Chessie & Emily are committed to ethical screen printing and in this episode Chessie shares her journey of discovery with Squeegee &...

Vanessa Sturman is a Plant Based Health Coach, educator and speaker who helps people get high energy and healthy weight with delicious plant based food. She has a coaching business called Energise & Thrive Plant Based, was a co-founder of the established recipe website, The Vegan Larder, and has been featured on Sky News, LBC and BBC as an authority on plant based eating and healthy eating hab...

Laura Chepner is the Founder of Primary Veducation and more recently the Education Officer and chair of The Vegan Society's Education Network. Laura is also the author behind Veducated!: An Educator's Guide for Vegan-Inclusive Teaching & The Vivi The SuperVegan Year 1 Teacher's Resource Pack. As you can tell from just that glimpse into Laura's incredible CV, Laura is fully committed to support...

Nathan & Shyam host the Heaven's Devils Podcast - a podcast that focuses on the ups & downs of 'The world's most sustainable' (United Nations) & only Vegan football club. In this episode I speak with returning guests Nathan & Shyam about their journey from New York to Nailsworth as well as vegan tacos in El Paso & how two chaps from the mid west ended becoming the official podc...

Todd Sinclair became a vegan author and activist, Todd Sinclair spent years leading travel groups in far-off places, a fitting occupation for someone who is now showing the way to a radical new approach to veganism. Todd’s journey to veganism began on a small Canadian dairy farm, and after winding his way literally around the world, he found its catalyst in a serious illness, contracted when he wa...

Fabio Matticoli is the founder of NXT LVL PZA, the secretly vegan pizza brand taking London by storm, labelled by customers as the ‘best vegan pizza available’.  Fabio has been heavily involved within the food industry for 10 years, with a focus on shifting customer attitudes away from meat consumption through delicious alternatives. Having realised the pizza options available were not fulfilling...

Gaia launched in December 2021 to create a milk that Mother Earth would be proud of and released the ‘hemp and oat m*lk’ and ‘hemp and coco m*lk’ in January 2022. These initial products are a result of Michael’s frustration with other plant-based milks, which always seem to compromise on sustainability (think damaging monocrops like soy, the volume of water needed to grow almonds, exploitation of...

Sean Russell is the founder of SoFlo Vegans & the author of the new book Pre-Vegans. SoFlo Vegans is making South Florida a global hotspot for veganism. You can check out resources, articles, videos, and podcasts on how to thrive on a plant-based diet or vegan lifestyle. Pre-Vegans is a must-have guide for anyone interested in living a vegan lifestyle. It provides a high-level overview of what it...

Lucy McKinna is a Vet with over 15 years experience treating animals initially within the world of animal agriculture before turning her attention to supporting companion animals. Within the last year Lucy has founded an incredible new Vegan dog food company called Noochy Poochy. She has worked tirelessly to create a nutritionally complete product that not only meets the nutritional needs of dogs...

Lori Amos is the co-founder of Watson’s Seasoning Blends. Watson’s Seasoning Blends is a family-owned artisanal food company based in Los Angeles. Watson’s was founded to make it easier for people to eat fresh and healthy home-cooked food, including more plant-based options, by providing interesting and sophisticated spice blends to enhance flavor. Often times people want to eat healthier but don’...

Zero Waste Path, based out of Cambridge in the UK was founded by Bianca and Giulio. They manufacture and sell 100% biodegradable, zero waste, Vegan, Palm Oil free hair and skin products.  You can find out more about Zero Waste Path at https://www.zerowastepath.co.uk You can find your local Zero Waste Path stockist at https://www.zerowastepath.co.uk/pages/stockists This episode is brought to you by...

This week singer, songwriter & vegan activist Vegan Queen V returns to The Bloody Vegans Podcast to chat about her forthcoming debut album recorded on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides up in Scotland.  The debut album is being crowdfunded with a variety of fantastic reward levels in return for your support. You can support Vegan Queen V via the link below.  https://veganqueenv.com/crowdfundi...

Gentle World are an all-volunteer team that provides online and in-person education to those interested in the vegan way of life. Their founders incorporated Gentle World as a non-profit organization over 40 years ago, and they themselves became vegan more than 50 years ago, before they even knew there was a word for it. The Gentle World organization has shared countless hours of vegan education,...

Annick Ireland became vegan in 2016 after adopting a greyhound from the Retired Greyhound Trust and making the connection between the pets we love and all other animals. Wanting to also wear her values, she searched far and wide for stylish, high quality vegan fashion that was sustainable too – and struggled! However, after many hours, days and months spent on the internet and Instagram, she disco...

Raydel Hernandez is the author of "It's delicious, it's Vegan, it's Cuban", the new book aiming to introduce folks to traditional Cuban cooking reimagined through a plant based lens.  In the book Raydel draws upon family recipes passed down through generations of his family with the twist of replacing animal products with plant based alternatives.  You can find out more about Raydel at his website...

Kayleigh is co-founder of Kakadu Creative, a full-service vegan creative agency. In 2018, after over a decade working in the consumer media industry, Kayleigh launched Kakadu Creative with her partner, Lee. The couple are on a mission use their skills and expertise to help vegan and purpose-led businesses launch, scale and grow with impactful and effective branding and design. Outside of Kakadu Cr...