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Have a sunny, relaxing and fun summer break ☀️

This one was so far and by far the most intense year for The Vegan Butcher! But in a good way, of course 😉 We are going to use these 3 weeks to recharge the batteries and find new inspirations, although we already have several projects lined up for you as from September... Stay tuned ✨

Once more: a thousand thanks from our Team for your loyalty and support over the years 💚

See you back in August,
The Vegan Butchers

UPDATE: Only a handful of products left! To ease your shopping, we temporarily modified the webshop and put all of them at the top of the page. Don't forget your discount code (VBSUMMERSALES) and enjoy 😉
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-4: We might be almost on holidays, but we are stil firing on all cylinders to fulfill all of the orders which came in the past days! 🤩 You guys went WILD, but we are just so happy to see how much some of you are addicted to our products! It gives us all that last bit of energy we need 💪

By now, 90% of the webshop is out-of-stock... but there are still a handful of pieces of these gems: steaks, bacon, salami, Italian sausage, black bean burger and no-goat cheese. See you next week for a pre-summer farewell 💚

The Vegan Butchers

We are thrilled to inform you that the we have been invited to join a panel in the context of the European Vegan Summit, which will happen from 17-19 September 2024 🤩

The third edition of the Summit promises insightful conversations and discussions across 12 thematic panels, featuring experts and industry leaders who will shed light the vegan business sector, exploring its market structures, strategies and future prospects. 🌱

💡Key topics include market structures, marketing strategies, government roles, food industry trends, and more.

European Vegan Summit 2024 is organised by the Green REV Institute, with support from Vegan Grants and collaboration with leading NGOs from Europe and beyond.

More information available at the event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/439849965616698

Summer Sales anyone? :) 10 days left! Almost time for some much needed holidays for your atypical butchers 😉

After a few crazy weeks we are readier than EVER to produce & ship all of your favourite products and meals to you, all over Belgium 🇧🇪 Shop with the code VBSUMMERSALES and get 15% off until the stock lasts!
--> https://shop.veganbutcher.be/

REMINDER: We'll be closed from Friday 26th July to Wednesday 21st August. Last shipment drops will be on Wednesday 17th and 24th July! Be quick - we won't restock all of the products from now till then 🏝

Thank you all for an incredible half a year 💚
Your Vegan Butchers

New Team Member wanted 👩‍🍳

Are you a plant-based food enthusiast? Look no further, we might have just the right job for you!

📌 Profile:
- Previous working experience in a professional kitchen;
- Knowledge about hygiene standards in Belgium (AFSCA, FAVV);
- Available to work full-time Monday to Friday during office hours;
- Capacity to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment;
- Flexibility - no more than once month - to help for a few extra hours at events (to be recovered on another day);
- Living in Brussels;
- Strongly aligned with the values of the Vegan Butcher;
- Good English knowledge as this is our main working language.

📌 Others:
- Available immediately or as from mid-August the latest;
- Driving licence is a plus.

📌 What we offer:
- Innovative plant-based food will have no more secrets for you;
- A fast developing company with possibility of career growth including very diverse tasks;
- A 3 month full time contract to be extended and hopefully turned into a permanent contract;
- A dynamic working environment;
- A good salary package according to your level of expertise.

📌 How to apply:
Send us your CV and a cover letter to [email protected]

>>> Applications which are incomplete and/or not responding to the compulsory criteria above will not be taken into consideration. Thanks for your understanding.

Finally, a new entry on our blog 😍 Read it in full here: https://veganbutcher.be/en/about-us/a-new-milestone-the-vegan-butcher-atelier/

A little 3 weeks left to stock up on some juicy vegan meats before we close for our summer holidays ⛱️

Don’t know how to choose? Go for our deluxe BBQ Pack for a full VB experience 😎

🚨Alert: We found the secret formula to the perfect plant-base chic'n chunks. And.. they are gluten free!

At the Vegan Butcher there is no such a thing as 'too good to be true'! We love them just crisped up in the pan and then paired with rice or in a wrap, but the possibilities are endless: in a curry, a stew, on a skewers and then grilled... It is up to you and your creativity 🤩

And talking about skewers and barbecues, we remind you that we will be closed for our summer break in 3 weeks time: Our production of vegan meats is to the roof right now, so please place your orders largely in advance or you won't be covered for barbecue season 🥩🍗🍖

These and other products are available for the whole of Belgium 🇧🇪 on https://shop.veganbutcher.be/

See you on the other side!
The Vegan Butchers 💚

The past weekend we had the chance to welcome some of you again at our new headquarters 🤩

The occasion was a brunch for the crowdfunding participants who chose this option as their reward.
Between a stuffed cheesy omelette 🥚, a breakfast sausage 🌭 a cookie 🍪 & many more options, we enjoyed a chat and got lots of encouraging compliments from habitués as well as new clients.

Thank you for coming, we hope you had a blast. We surely did 💚

3rd episode of... Meet our Seitan Ninjas 💚

Matteo joined the team in 2022 after working several years for a popular Italian pizzeria in Brussels 🍕.

Matteo is an ethical vegan with several years of working experience in the kitchen, as well as in production for a pasta factory in Pescara, his native city. Alongside his cooking experience, not many know that he has a past as professional skateboarder 🏂

Matteo supports the production of our seitan-based 'meats' and he is a specialist in large batch productions of our savoury finger food 🍢 🌯 With hundreds of arancini, pizzette or puff pastries on the menu daily, he certainly does not shy away from the kitchen! In fact, his strength lies in his precise and fine work, and we guarantee he is also super fast at it 😲

Matteo brings along a positive and relaxed energy and a strong will to learn all the secrets of seitan making.
Besides cooking, he is passionate and very knowledgeable about collectible watches ⌚ and skateboarding. He loves going to the movies, exploring the many cafés Brussels has to offer, or staying home with his 2 cats 🐈 , Nina and Qwerty.

The time to catch our breath following the opening event is over! Back to our favourite time: Weekly Special O'clock 🥳

Not a fan of exotic spices? That's because you've never gave our Katsu Chicn a try 😉 This japanese curry is one the creamiest sauce you'll ever eat, and our chic'n filet, breaded with cornflakes, complements it to perfection! A crowd favourite (highly approved at our corporate catering events), this meal is also an excellent way to feed a bunch of veggies to your kids, as it is not spicy🌶 but rather sweet🥕.

Although we skipped spring altogether, sun will shine as from tomorrow ☀️ Be prepared and stock up on our BBQ Pack or our sausages, as we're doing a 10% promo on both the black and white boudin until exhaustion of the stock ;-)

>>> These and other products or meals can be found on
https://shop.veganbutcher.be/ for shipping all over Belgium 🇧🇪

Throwback to the evening when we celebrated the opening of our new atelier and 5 years of VB with 120 of you 💖 You’ve been wonderful, another thousand times thanks!

All photo credits to Tim Van den Brande (https://www.instagram.com/tim_pixel/)

W-O-W! Absolutely mind blown by how many people showed up to the VB Opening Event 🤯

The picture is a stock one, but perfectly summarises our situation today 🙃 But... we could not be happier!

The official photos of the event will follow in the next days, for now we just want to say THANK YOU one more time, you are the best community we could have ever wished for!

Since you guys emptied our stock yesterday, and we are fully booked with catering, next week will be full 'production mode', meaning no specials for this week 🍔 We promise we'll get back at it better than ever the following one.

Have a great weekend you all,
The Vegan Butcher 💚

Almost time 🤩
Only 5 days left to our very first big celebration event!

Friday 14th June, at 18h, we will toast to 2 huge milestones:

The VB's 5th birthday and the official opening of our own production facility (which includes a little shop, offices and a space for pop-ups/workshops and events).

We are not ones for big speeches but we, for once, would like to take the time to talk and thank each one of you since, in a way or the other, you have contributed to these achievements.

The entrance list for the event is closed; among the attendes are those who joined our recent crowdfunding, some affectionate clients and representatives of our dearest B2B or corporate partners.

We are very thankful and we look forward to Friday 💚
The Vegan Butchers

It's Weekly Specials O'clock! Time flies, and we realised we did not make one of your favourites in a looooong time 🧐 Let's fix that!

Next week's special is our decadent, creamy and super summery 🌱 pesto & spinach lasagna! With a real Genovese in the team, we know a thing or two about pesto and this lasagna will blow your mind 🤯

Spotlight on our new 'Beef' Stroganoff which, in not even 2 months, has quickly become our best selling sauce and worthy replacer of the vol-au-vegan in the summer months. Oh yes, almost forgot: we added a few extra pieces of camemberts on the webshop 🧀, run run run!!

Shop online and get delivered all over Belgium 🇧🇪: https://shop.veganbutcher.be/

See you soon!
The Vegan Butchers

Second episode of getting to know us better with another: 'Meet the Founders 💚'

Federica, who you might recognise from our logo in her cartoonish alter ego, moved to Brussels 10 years ago from her Italian hometown Genova (IT).

After graduating in economics and working for a number of organisations, she decided to capitalise on this knowledge to follow her real dream: Creating a successful business! 💥

To this day, marketing and client management are her bread and margarine, but in a small 5 people team she wears all sorts of hats: From inventory to HR, to developing recipes and coming up with yet another idea, she surely does not fear away from double digits working days 😲

If she is not working at The Vegan Butcher, you'll find her hiking in nature 🏔 , running 🏃‍♀️, practicing pilates, visiting an art gallery, reading 📔 or stopping every single dog 🐶 crossing her way. One thing is for sure: She does not sit still for longer than 5 minutes!

Federica is hands down among the biggest fans of The Vegan Butcher's products. Her favourites: Chorizo, mozzarella and americain - plant-based of course, but do we really need to say it?! 🌿

Update: They sold out fast XD We added another small batch to the webshop, good luck! :-)

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It's BACK 🧀 We do not produce many of these beauties (yet 😉) but when we do, they fly out in a second!

Limited stock of our vegan camembert available on the webshop, do not say we did not warn you!
https://shop.veganbutcher.be/shop-overview/vegan-camembert/

Weekly Specials o'Clock! ⏰

These skewers were one of the very first meals offered at the beginning of 2020... many things have changed since, but one has not: our 🥜 Chic'n Satay are hard to beat 😏 With a sweet ginger-coconut-peanut sauce, they are perfect paired with rice and wok vegs, in the oven but also on the barbecue!

And if you are looking for a little 'extra' to add as a starter, for a fast meal on-the-go or for a protein-packed pick me up throughout the day, a slice of this no-goat 🧀 & onion 🧅 quiche will do.

Hop on the webshop and get delivered all over Belgium 🇧🇪: https://shop.veganbutcher.be/

See you very soon 💚
The Vegan Butchers

With this page growing so much over the past 2 years, we thought to do a round of presentations for those who do not know the faces behind the VB 🙃

Let's start this first episode: Meet the founders 💚

Benoit was born in beautiful Bruges but has lived all over Belgium to pursue his passions. With a past as animal right activist, Benoit took the led of the Non-profit Organisation Animal Rights Belgium 🐮 🐷 . Over the years, he successfully planned and led a series of investigation campaigns revealing the horrible truth behind slaughterhouses’ practices.

In 2019, Benoit felt the need to start a new chapter of his activism: after the sad images, he wanted to show people what they can actually do to stop contributing to the cruelty. Good quality plant-based food was, in his opinion, part of the solution 💡

Benoit’s role within the company has evolved: starting off producing vegan meats and cheeses himself, he now controls the whole inbound and outbound logistics and manages the company’s website and webshop 👨‍💻 As the only technology savvy of the group, solving issues is a big part of his day-to-day job!

In his free time, Benoit enjoys hiking 🏔, spending time in nature with his dog 🌿 and lifting weights 🏋️. Above all, as the true space geek that he is, he is always on the lookout for news, documentaries and books about the universe. 🪐

What is your favourite product of this year's BBQ Pack? 😍

We have a hard time choosing, but if we really have to, our beefy filets are a winner 🏆!

Extra tender, juicy and 'beefy' (minus the 🐮), they are paired with a delicious chimichurri marinade and reach the ultimate level of perfection when cooked on the grill 🔥

You find all the ingredients and information on the barbecue pack at this link: https://shop.veganbutcher.be/shop-overview/juicy-summer-barbecue-pack/

No matter what they taught you as a kid: Dreams do come true 🤩
Because our Mac&Cheez meal and our Arancini had a baby: the Mac & Cheeni 🧀🥓

Creamy pasta balls with our secret 'cheddary' sauce and bacon bits, double coated and fried for the ultimate flavour experience 🥵 And if you're feeling health'ish', you can pop them in the air fryer too (but we are still strong supporter of the good old fryer or oil... IYKYK ;-)).

And the weekly good news are not finished, no sir. Our horrendously delicious 🖤 Black Boudin 🖤 is BACK like every summer, on big requests of some die hard fans. We are here for you guys!

Hop on the webshop and choose between these and other products, we deliver all over Belgium 🇧🇪: https://shop.veganbutcher.be/

See you on the other side!
The Vegan Butchers 💚

🎤 May we have your attention please!🎤

We feel called to warn you that this is THE BEST meal you've ever ordered from us. Period. No discuss.

Please do yourself a favour an book that portion that you know you want to 😏

Also, excuse us if you cannot keep up with all the deliciousness lately... but we are just getting started 😋🍆🍅🧀

You already know about our love for barbecue season, but don't let us started about eggplants too 🙈 And so, if May gives us eggplants... we give you Moussaka! 🍆🍅🧀

PRO tip? Enjoy it with toasted bread, and find out what food heaven truly is 😍

Big thanks to you all for making our BBQ Pack launch a huge success once again! We have a busy production week ahead 🥵 Pictured here: beefy filet and skewers, as part of the whole pack ;)
🇧🇪 You can shop these and more products online from all over Belgium https://shop.veganbutcher.be/ or in our shop in Brussels.

Have a great long weekend and see you soon, online and offline 💚
The Vegan Butchers

So busy that we forgot to drop this bomb right here 💣

We're excited to announce our new partnership with Woodpecker Park in the Park Royal of Brussels! Finally in their menu a fully vegan sandwich, featuring our white boudin sausage 🌭, picollo bread, chimichurri, pico de gallo and tomatoes (search for the VEGGIEPAN on the menu).

Who had the chance to try it yet? 😋

Who says barbecue and plant-based cannot go together? 🌱
Make room on your grills: Our Summer BBQ Pack 🥩 is FINALLY back for the warm - or so we hope - months!

This year's selection includes:
🌭 3 x juicy merguez
🍢 3 x chic'n skewers with cherry tomatoes, bell pepper, red onion in a fresh Mediterranean style marinade
🥩 2 x extra tender filets with chimichurri marinade
🥓 4 x iconic bbq ribz (these will never miss in our pack)
🍔 2 x herbie burgers
🧈 300 gr tartare and 300 gr cocktail sauce
>> The whole pack contains enough food to satisfy 4-6 very hungry people. And of course it can be frozen, so you’re set & ready for when the sun peaks out again 🌞

Find it at https://shop.veganbutcher.be/ --> for delivery all over Belgium 🇧🇪

We are ready to delight you all with a tasty, summer long grilling experience!
The Vegan Butchers 💚

Juicy Summer Barbecue Pack - Vegan Butcher's Shop This summer will be epic! All you need is a barbecue set, music, some friends or family, and this Vegan Butcher's Juicy Summer BBQ Pack, featuring our exclusive merguez and filets mignon. The pack is suitable for 4 to 6 people (see below for contents) Enjoy! 🔥🔥🔥 We deliver all over Belgium....

The word is out: We are thrilled to officially open our doors in style 😍

For those who purchased their tickets via the crowdfunding, an official invitation has been sent by email yesterday (check the spam or contact us if that's not the case).

--> If you are new and/or you just decided to join 🙃… our hosting capacity is limited, but you can still get a ticket for 20€/person.

Each entrance ticket includes lots of bubbles & drinks, delicious finger food, nice music, a great atmosphere and the possibility to chat and exchange in a like minded community. Bonus point: a fully stocked shop if you wanna take something with you at the end 🥓🥩

For tickets enquiry, please email us at [email protected]
📍 Important: We won't sell tickets at the door, pre-registration is important to make sure we are ready to welcome you all!

We cannot wait to seeing you there!
The Vegan Butchers 💚

Sweet tooth anyone? 🍪🍮🍡

Nothing better than a panna cotta or tiramisù to end a glorious buffet in Vegan Butcher style 😎

Wanna learn more about options, prices and conditions?

❗️Our agenda is already getting booked for business events in September, October and November ❗️ Do not waste precious time & drop us an email at [email protected] 💚

As a scale-up, we regularly sit together to remind ourselves the 'why' behind our concept, the true core that drives it all 🔥

Why is it that we do what we do and how does this contribute to society?
We started the Vegan Butcher with a certainty: Our planet cannot sustain the current dietary habits of its population for much longer 🌍

❓We then started wondering... 'What is the future of food'?

We might not have a magic wand, but from our humble perspective and experience we see the future of food at the intersection of >> purpose and innovation

⏰ It's weekly Special o'clock ⏰
& an update on the opening hours for the next 2 weeks - below 🔽

Like every year with the arrival of the good weather, we are switching things up a bit 😎 Some of the products will 'retire' for a few months (see you later, vol-au-vegan and croquettes) and new ones appear 😉 https://shop.veganbutcher.be/

We are so very proud to launch a new sauce by the kg, worthy companion of our well known 'staple' ones (bolognese, vol-au-vegan and carbonade). Welcome our first plant-based 'Beef' Stroganoff 🍅🥩🧅 Stroganoff is a typical Eastern meal, traditionally eaten with fettuccine pasta - but we love it with potatoes or rice - including beef chunks, onions, mushrooms, tomato, white wine... a literal umami explosion which, for its delicate/non-spicy flavours, will be a crowd pleaser among the whole family (:

OPENING HOURS CHANGES -->> Due to the public holidays (May 1st and May 9th), the shop will be closed on:
- Wednesday 1st May >> no shipping on this day.
- Thursday 9th, Friday 10th and Saturday 11th >> your order will therefore be shipped on Monday 6th.

See you all soon! 💚
The Vegan Butchers

No 'meats' 🥩🥓🍗 without a bit of 'sweets' 🍥🍡🥧

We might have just made this one up (lol) but at the Vegan Butcher we offer you the full package! 😍

Our catering includes, sure, a selection of meals featuring our plant-based cheeses and meats, but also a wide choice of desserts, such as the orange zest cookies we were making here and a fluffy marble cake 🍫🍊
Some more examples? Cheesecakes, tiramisu, pannacotta, chocolate and speculoos mousse, pumpkins spice cookies, brownies, blondies....

Meta Business Suitewanna hear aaaaaall about it! ⬇️