NABBING THE title for Best Vegan Cookbook in the ninth annual Vegan Food Awards is the UK’s youngest vegan chef, author, and internet sensation for Omari McQueen’s Best Bites Cookbook.
McQueen, 13, who is also the CEO and founder of Dipalicious dips, is the winner of this years awards for producing a cookbook which allows children – and adults – to enjoy tasty vegan recipes inspired by his Jamaican heritage. With options such as brow jackfruit stew, rocky road, and strawberry coconut cheesecake.
As there are now more than one million vegan or vegetarian households in the UK – and reports reveal that the majority of British children want to be meat-free – PETA is recognising the most exciting vegan offerings on the market today.
Last year McQueen spoke out in support of PETA’s campaign calling for the government to remove the mandatory servings of fish, meat, and dairy from the School Food Standards and replace them with more flexible nutritional guidelines.
“It’s so important to eat tasty foods that keep us healthy and energised during the day, are kind to the planet, and don’t hurt animals,” said McQueen.
“From launching his own range of vegan dips to being the UK’s youngest vegan pop-up shop owner and writing his first cookbook, Omari McQueen is an inspiration to children and adults alike,” says PETA Director of Vegan Corporate Projects Dawn Carr.
“With creative recipes and eye-catching photos, Best Bites shows just how easy and delicious it is for everyone to eat vegan.”
Each person who goes vegan spares nearly 200 animals every year daily suffering and a terrifying death. Eating vegan also slashes greenhouse-gas emissions and lowers a person’s risk of developing heart disease and cancer
PETA – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat” – opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview.
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