Jane & The Fat Carrot.
A Foodie Family
I am from a family of home cooks who love to feed people. Both my mother and grandmother would never let anyone go hungry.
And nor do I!
Vegetarian
I stopped eating meat at the age of 14 after a school discussion on blood sports and never looked back.
Food Experience
After school, in the family tradition of loving food and loving feeding people, I gained fantastic experience working for eight years at an independent country (foodie) pub in the beautiful Kent countryside.
The Veggie Heston Blumenthal
Always struggling to find tasty meat free meals, I continued to experiment at home where my mother dubbed me the veggie Heston Blumenthal. And from this, in 2011 The Fat Carrot was born.
(I prefer to see Heston as the carnivore Carrot…)
The Husband, Veganism & a Growing Business
In 2015 I met my husband, a long term vegetarian turned vegan, and his influence pushed the vegan side of the business into new territories. In 2017 we held our first vegan fair and have plans to continue to grow our vegan options.
Why we do what we do
We believe that a vegan or vegetarian diet is healthy, sustainable and responsible.
Together with a commitment to local produce, food quality and fairtrade we hope to be well mannered and principled citizens of the earth, sharing her bounty with you.
What is Vegetarian & Vegan?
Vegetarians
Vegetarians do not eat meat or fish or any product that kills an animal including:
• Meat or poultry
• Fish or seafood
• Insects
• Gelatine or animal rennet
• Stock or fat from animals including lard
• E120 Carmine/ Cochineal
• E542/ Edible bone phosphate
Vegans
Vegans do not eat meat or fish or any product that kills or uses an animal.
• Meat or poultry
• Fish or seafood
• Insects
• Gelatine or animal rennet
• Stock or fat from animals
• eggs
• dairy
• honey
• E120 Carmine/ cochineal
• E542/ Edible bone phosphate
• E901 Beeswax
• E904 Shellac
• E913 Lanolin
• E966 Lactitol
• E1105 Lysozyme
NB some other E numbers may not be suitable for vegetarians or vegans..
The Team
Depending on the job you will meet some or all of the team, a long lasting group of wonderfully talented, hard working and lovely people.
