It may be February, and that may mean you’ve already stopped going to the gym after your New Year’s resolutions, but that doesn’t mean you still can’t eat healthily. Elouise Hobbs rounds up some great events you can get to if you want to keep up with eating well.
Viva la Vegan Festival
Cardiff City Hall, Sat 24 Feb
Returning for the second time after their first successful event last year, this year’s Viva la Vegan festival will include nearly 100 stalls, plus outdoor food trucks, talks and cooking demos. The movement, which started in 1994, believes that every step towards being vegan is a positive one and the festival was born out of a need to inform, educate and live a vegan life. Last year, the event was a massive hit, attracting large crowds and the best producers of vegan food. It is the perfect opportunity to try something new and learn something in the process.
Admission: ÂŁ3. Info: https://www.viva.org.uk/
Cardiff Tasting Tours
Beginning from Cardiff Castle, every Friday
If you are looking for a new food experience, this is a great chance to taste some local food from independent retailers. The city-centre tour will take you around the city centre, stopping off at all the best producers, passing through Cardiff’s parks, historic buildings and landmarks on the way. The tasting tour includes samples of continental meats, cheeses, cockles, laverbread and Welsh beverages – all Welsh favourites from local businesses and creators.
Admission: ÂŁ40 prices vary. Info: https://lovingwelshfood.uk/
Cool Beans Vegan Cookery Class
Swansea, monthly
Experts in vegan cookery and food produce in South Wales, Cool Beans offer both simple and complex lessons to suit all abilities. Rachel Jamison, the owner of Cool Beans and a nutritionist with over 15 years of experience, leads classes, helping visitors build their knowledge of healthy and wholesome recipes. Throughout the lessons, Rachel is on hand to offer advice and tips to help everyone quickly progress and produce great nutritionally balanced meals.
Admission: Variable. Info: 07929 203653 / http://www.coolbeans-wales.co.uk
Sushi School at Yo! Sushi
St. Davids, Cardiff
Well known across the country for their amazing sushi and bargain Mondays, Yo! Sushi also run sessions that let you create the healthy Japanese dishes at home. In the lessons, you will be able to first learn about all the ingredients and will be shown by one of their specially-trained chefs how to judge the freshness of the fish and how to cut and prepare a dish. After a quick demonstration, you will try it out for yourself. In the lesson, you may prepare anything from Avocado Maki to Vegetable Yasai Roll or Salmon Nigiri – and the best thing is, after learning step by step how to make the dish, you get to take it away to enjoy at home.
Admission: £30 for one, £50 for two. Info: 029 2060 2174 / https://yosushi.com/