World Vegetarian Day 2010

World Vegetarian Day events are a focus of a vegetarian year and this year Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland will be hosting Lifestyle Expos, while other areas will have their own celebrations. Whether you are planning your own vegetarian dinner parties, or joining in an arranged picnic or outing, you can make a difference by showing your support for the day and including non-vegetarians in your celebrations.

The Food and Lifestyle Expos are exciting events and your participation will make these days great. Register to run a stall, provide a talk or cooking demonstration, or bring friends along to browse, eat, and enjoy being in the company of others with similar lifestyle choices.

AUCKLAND

ASB Showgrounds, Hall 6

Sunday 10th October  10:00 – 4:30 pm

Wow – we really can’t believe our Vegetarian Food & Lifestyle Festival has come and gone so quickly after so many months of planning!  We have received some great feedback, with comments pouring in from visitors and stallholders alike, indicating that everyone had a great day. We had up to 3000 people attending the Festival and everyone really appreciated the mix of hourly talks in the Speakers’ Corner, Cooking Demonstrations running throughout the day, and the variety of stalls available to be munched, talked, viewed or otherwise experienced. There were lots of vegetarian and vegan food stalls, raw food stalls, skin care, animal welfare groups, new books, second hand books, vegetarian wine and beer tasting, special recipe books, supplements, reflexology, massage, and spinal checks, lifestyle products like soy candles, and meditation stalls by groups promoting the vegetarian lifestyle. The NZ Vegetarian Society took the opportunity of the Festival to launch the new colour, spiral bound version of their “Home Tried Favourites” recipe book. This is still available at the Festival price of $20 per copy(plus $2 postage) – order your copy now

Thank you for joining us at our Festival. We had  a great day.

See the photos here

Check out Vegetarian Week internationally

Confirmed Speakers:

• Dr Aryan Tavakkoli, MBBS FRACP

• Jeffrey Masson, Author of When Elephants Weep, Dogs Never Lie About Love, The Pig Who Sang To The Moon and The Face On Your Plate

• Dr Leila Masson, Paediatrican and Public Health Specialist

• Jeremy Dixon, from Revive Cafe in Auckland City

• Karen Dawn, author of  Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking The Way We Treat Animals

Click here for biographies and descriptions of Speakers and Demonstrators

Cooking Demonstrations by:

Jinu Abraham, Executive Chef at Hectors Restaurant, at the Heritage Hotel

Candace Berghan and Dorothy Stirling

Laurinda Erasmus

Michele K La Chante

Gareth Hughes, MP

Cooking Demonstrations and talks will be held on the hour throughout the day. Here’s the timetable

Confirmed Stalls:

WELLINGTON

We were lucky enough to have a beautiful sunny spring day for the festival, and over a thousand Wellington folk turned out to enjoy the food, stalls, speeches, films and cooking demonstrations.

Many thanks to all the stall holders, sponsors, cooking demonstrators, speakers – and to all the people who came!

Check out some photos here!

For news on other World Vegetarian Day events throughout the country, please see  the New Zealand Vegetarian Society website.

CHRISTCHURCH

Come and celebrate World Vegetarian and World Animal Days at Christchurch’s Vegetarian Food And Lifestyle Expo on Sunday September 26th 2010 at the Horticultural Centre. The Vegetarian Expo is our Big Day Out where all are welcome to come and share a vegetarian day with us.

Enjoy great vegetarian food, watch top veggie chefs display their cooking secrets, learn about vegetarian living and enjoy celebrating cruelty free pro planet living with Christchurch’s vegetarian community.

Expo Website

Whether you are vegetarian or not, you will love the variety of foods and entertainment on offer.

Contact Christchurch Vegetarian Centre for more information.