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For more details visit www.nationalvegetarianweek.org

Wakey, wakey rise and shine and make sure National Vegetarian Week 2012 is in your calendar.

If you love competitions then check out what the Vegetarian Society is challenging you to this year!

From 21st- 27th May the UK is invited to throw caution to the wind and join the Vegetarian Society in a celebration of all things vibrantly veggie.

To help everyone focus, this year's extravaganza of veggie vitality will celebrate the most important meal of the day - breakfast. An essential part of everyone's day whether you are veggie or not.

National Vegetarian Week is a great vehicle for many sectors - there's a myriad of opportunities to delve into. It lends itself to the topics of health, wellbeing, the environment and of course food. This year's breakfast theme will help everyone to get off to a good start, realise how much veggie food they already eat and help to tackle head on the notion that life isn’t worth living without a bacon butty.

Liz O’Neill, Head of Communications at the Vegetarian Society

Now in its twentieth year National Vegetarian Week (NVW) is the annual awareness-raising campaign promoting inspirational vegetarian food and the benefits of a meat-free lifestyle.

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to get involved in NVW and you don't have to be a devotee of breakfasts.

Restaurants, schools, libraries, caterers, shops, manufacturers and individuals can find out more at www.nationalvegetarianweek.org or call 0161 925 2000.

COMPETITIONS

Big Veggie Breakfast Butty
The Vegetarian Society is challenging home cooks and chefs across the UK to come up with a Big Veggie Breakfast Butty that is such a tasty handful even meat eaters are desperate for a bite.

Closing date for entries is 30th April 2012.

Whether it's served with red sauce, brown sauce or a spicy chilli sauce, the gauntlet has been thrown down. The Big Veggie Breakfast Butty Challenge coincides with National Vegetarian Week 2012.

Cordon Vert Chef of the Future 2012
Do you love cooking, creating and a challenge?

Are you a professional chef or an enthusiastic amateur?

If the answer to these questions is yes then now is the time to get your entry into the Cordon Vert Chef of the Future 2012 competition. The Vegetarian Society's cookery school, Cordon Vert, is searching for a new star of vegetarian cuisine in 2012.

Closing date for entries 2nd April 2012

The contest is open to vegetarian and non-vegetarian chefs alike, although the menu must be completely vegetarian.

Are you a budding writer?
The Vegetarian Society has also launched a writing competition to encourage young people to express their views on vegetarianism.

Closing date for entries 27th April 2012

Whether students haven't yet considered the idea of living without meat, or are already vegetarian, we want to hear what they have got to say about the subject. The boundaries of the competition are quite flexible and we want to see a wide range of issues covered. For example youngsters could review a favourite veggie meal, design a leaflet or even write an article explaining why they believe it is, or isn't, a good idea to become a vegetarian.

Jamie Johnson, Youth Education Officer at the Vegetarian Society

For more information and to enter these fabulous competitions visit The Vegetarian Society.