The UK Vegan Awards 2010 were an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the products, places, companies, organisations and campaign groups who make a real difference to veganism, animals and the environment. Thankyou to everyone who voted in the 2010 awards. The winners were announced and certificates presented at the West Midlands Vegan Festival on Sat 30th October in Wolverhampton. The winners are listed below, with the full results further down the page. **** WINNERS **** 
1. Best vegan friendly cafe/restaurantPogo Cafe, London - www.pogocafe.co.uk 2. Best vegan chocolate producer Booja-Booja - www.boojabooja.com 3. Best national vegan awareness raising group Vegan Society - www.vegansociety.com 4. Best vegan footwear supplier Vegetarian Shoes - www.vegetarian-shoes.co.uk 5. Best vegan bodycare products Lush - www.lush.co.uk 6. Best vegan catering service Veggies - www.veggies.org.uk 7. Best animal rights campaign group Animal Aid - www.animalaid.org.uk 8. Best promotion of veganism by an environmental group/organisation Vegan Organic Network - www.veganorganic.net 9. Best shop for vegan food Planet Organic, London - www.planetorganic.com 10. Best vegan meat Redwood - www.redwoodfoods.co.uk **** FULL RESULTS **** 1. Best vegan friendly cafe/restaurant Karmic Cafe Worcester 26 - 4% The Warehouse Cafe Birmingham 78 - 12% St Anne's Well Malvern 45 - 7% VBites Brighton 99 - 15% Pogo Cafe London 129 - 19% Cafe Kino Bristol 64 - 9% Mono Glasgow 49 - 7% Demuths Bath 47 - 7% Jyoti's Birmingham 32 - 5% Eighth Day Cafe Manchester 109 - 16% ------------------------------------------ 2. Best vegan chocolate producer Chocolate Wendy House 53 - 8% Mr Popple's Chocolate 73 - 11% Plamil 96 - 14% Conscious Chocolate 43 - 6% Venture Foods 29 - 4% Mulu Chocolate 16 - 2% Total Raw Food 45 - 7% Moo Free Chocolate 77 - 11% Hypo-Hyfryd 26 - 4% Booja-Booja 220 - 32% ------------------------------------------ 3. Best national vegan awareness raising group Viva! 109 - 16% Vegan Society 331 - 49% PETA 88 - 13% Animal Aid 150 - 22% ------------------------------------------ 4. Best vegan footwear supplier Ethical Wares 111 - 16% Alternative Stores 74 - 11% Freerangers 64 - 9% Vegetarian Shoes 215 - 32% Beyond Skin 78 - 12% Bourgeois Boheme 100 - 15% Veganline 36 - 5% ----------------------------------------- 5. Best vegan bodycare products Lush 304 - 45% Brackencraft 18 - 3% Honesty Cosmetics 35 - 5% Faith in Nature 116 - 17% Yaoh 29 - 4% Green People 38 - 6% Jason 36 - 5% Raw Gaia 31 - 5% Beauty without Cruelty 63 - 9% Arbonne 8 - 1% ---------------------------------------- 6. Best vegan catering service Veggies 144 - 21% Something Fishy 32 - 5% Green Garden Cafe 81 - 12% Shambhu's 83 - 12% Fairfoods 64 - 9% Anarchist Teapot 89 - 13% BSustained 40 - 6% Tangipan's Kitchen 20 - 3% Rainforest Creations 70 - 10% Goodness Gracious Healthy Foods 55 - 8% ---------------------------------------- 7. Best animal rights campaign group SHAC 31 - 5% SPEAK 17 - 3% Animal Aid 206 - 30% PETA 163 - 24% Sea Shepherd 85 - 13% Greyhound Action 33 - 5% Animal Protection Agency 53 - 8% Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade 24 - 4% Captive Animals' Protection Society 20 - 3% Hunt Saboteurs Association 46 - 7% --------------------------------------- 8. Best promotion of veganism by an environmental group/organisation Friends of the Earth 130 - 19% United Nations 22 - 3% Climate Camp 49 - 7% Transition Towns 17 - 3% Vegfam 89 - 13% Vegan Organic Network 214 - 32% Earth First! 57 - 8% Greenpeace 100 - 15% --------------------------------------- 9. Best shop for vegan food One Earth Shop Birmingham 91 - 13% Red Kite Health Foods Bromsgrove 9 - 1% Infinity Brighton 127 - 19% Rosemary's Health Foods Wolves Worcs & Notts 46 - 7% Pulse Wholefoods Cardiff 35 - 5% Unicorn Grocery Manchester 127 - 19% Harvest Bristol & Bath 61 - 9% Planet Organic London 132 - 19% Indigo Wholefoods Birmingham 32 - 5% Rainbow Wholefoods Norwich 18 - 3% -------------------------------------- 10. Best vegan meat Dragonfly 55 - 8% Fry's 156 - 23% Redwood 177 - 26% Linda McCartney 125 - 18% Granose 26 - 4% Veggies 52 - 8% Love Foods 18 - 3% Aunty Jee's 11 - 2% Just Wholefoods 36 - 5% Soyfoods 22 - 3% |