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BOSH!
Culinary influencers
Henry Firth and Ian Theasby, aka BOSH!, are the godfathers of the plant-based movement. For nine years, they’ve been putting more plants on plates for the benefit of animals, the environment, and human health. They’re the world’s best-selling plant-based cookbook authors, and their debut cookbook holds the title of top-selling plant-based cookbook of all time. Gordon Ramsay praised BOSH! for “putting vegan food on the map,” and The Times called them “the vegan Jamie Olivers.” Henry and Ian hosted the world’s first 100% plant-based cookery show, and their videos have over 4 billion views on social media. BOSH! products are in all major supermarkets, and their food is available in hospitality venues nationwide. BOSH! remain committed to their mission to make plant-based food mainstream.
Sara Pascoe
Comedian & Author
Sara Pascoe is a comedian and author. Her TV appearances include QI, Have I Got News for You?, Taskmaster, 8 out of 10 Cats, Mock the Week and The Last Leg. She's hosted Live at the Apollo (BBC), Guessable (Comedy Central), The Great British Sewing Bee (BBC1) and others. Her comedy special LadsLadsLads was filmed at the London Palladium and shown on BBC2. Her first book Animal: the Autobiography of a female body was published in 2016 and inspired the BBC short Sara Pascoe versus Monogamy. This was turned into the BBC sitcom Out of Her Mind produced by Simon Pegg and starred Juliet Stevenson. Her second book Sex Power Money was a Sunday Times Bestseller and the accompanying podcast acquired award nominations and millions of listeners. Sara published her first novel, Weirdo, in 2023 to critical acclaim and was WHSmith’s ‘Book of the Moment’. Her new comedy show ‘I am a Strange Gloop’ tours worldwide 2025-2026.
Kip Andersen
Filmmaker
Kip Andersen is an American filmmaker, producer, writer, entrepreneur, and the founder of Animals United Movement (A.U.M.) Films and Media, a 501(c)(3) organization which focuses on promoting awareness and equality for all life. He is known for his documentary films such as Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret, What the Health, Seaspiracy, and Christspiracy.
Josh Franceschi
You Me at Six
Josh Franceschi from You Me at Six returns to VCO 2025 to DJ this year's official rock afterparty 🤘 Rock band and UK number one artist You Me at Six formed in Surrey in 2004 and have released eight studio albums. In 2018 the band launched a vegan kebab pop-up in London called You Me at Shish! 🌯
Dale Vince
Ecotricity
Dale Vince, is a green industrialist who has dedicated his life to championing environmental sustainability. Since founding the world's first green energy company, Ecotricity, in 1996 he has been on a mission to change the face of the industry by leading the move away from fossil fuels towards renewables. Using business as a tool for environmentalism, Dale is helping to lead the eco revolution. He runs Forest Green Rovers FC, recognised as the world’s first vegan football club; creates diamonds out of atmospheric carbon - Skydiamonds; builds windmills for export around the world – Britwind; has launched a range of vegan burgers and last year launched the world’s first electric airline Ecojet. In 2004, he was awarded an OBE for services to the environment and was appointed the UN Ambassador for Climate Change in 2019.
Matt Pritchard
Dirty Sanchez
Formerly the frontman of MTV’s Dirty Sanchez, Matt has left his pranking days behind for his love of vegan food, health and fitness. Matt’s first cooking series, Dirty Vegan, premiered on BBC 1 Wales to wide acclaim, coinciding with his cookbook of the same name. Following the brand’s success, Matt published a second cookbook, Dirty Vegan: Another Bite, followed by his second instalment of Dirty Vegan TV on BBC Wales. The second series encouraged the public to try Veganuary and consider a much healthier lifestyle. Matt has also undertaken some of the most extreme sporting challenges, including breaking a world record when he completed 30 half Iron Man events in 30 days, raising thousands for charity. A professional skateboarder and stunt performer, Matt also owns the Sleep When You’re Dead Tattoo & Barbour shop in Cardiff and recently started his own plant based supplement company along with a fitness & nutrition platform under the name Dirty Health.
Mobius Loop
Musicians
Mobius Loop create gloriously eccentric philosophical folk stories, fusing world music and conscious rap with eruptions of free-form dance charged with an intimately powerful and intense energetic live performance. Mobius Loop are on a mission to raise positive vibrations, projecting an organic co-operative voice for humanist spirituality, vegan philosophy, grassroots philanthropy, true democracy and alchemical magic, in the name of the Hemp Redemption and the infinite unknown.
Zacchary Bird
Author & Influencer
Zacchary Bird is a writer and vegan recipe developer based in Melbourne, Australia, with a penchant for plant-based burgers. His first book is called 'Vegan Junk Food'.
Alexis Gauthier
Chef & Restauranteur
​Alexis Gauthier is a celebrated French chef and London restauranteur, renowned for his pioneering shift to vegan fine dining. A classically trained chef from Avignon, Alexis began his career under Three-Michelin-Starred Chef Alain Ducasse, cultivating a fresh, ingredient-led cooking style. After holding Michelin stars for 12 years, Alexis became vegan in 2016, driven by a commitment to sustainability and animal welfare. By 2021, he transformed his acclaimed restaurant, Gauthier Soho, into the world’s first classical French vegan fine-dining establishment, a move applauded by PETA with the UK Best Vegan Menu Award. Adding to his plant-based portfolio, he launched the casual 123V in Mayfair, London. Now a frequent speaker on sustainable cuisine, Alexis continues to push culinary boundaries, redefining French gastronomy through an entirely animal-free lens.
Hench Herbivore
Health & Fitness coach
Celebrity vegan health and fitness Coach Paul Kerton and his partner, plant-based Chef and Author Gemma Nichols, run the popular Hench Herbivore social media platforms. Fourteen years ago, Gemma was motivated by severe illness to try a whole-food vegan diet, achieving amazing, life-changing results. Despite initial misgivings due to his love of bodybuilding, Paul was inspired to drop his meat-heavy diet and try it too. To his delight, not only was he able to continue growing muscle just as effectively, but it also benefited his health and sports performance! Through their videos, online coaching and meal plans, they empower people to optimise their health, body shape and fitness with a plant-based diet, though, as is often the case when one starts down this path, their motivation nowadays is from the terrible plight of farmed animals, as much as from their passion for human health.
Cheap Lazy Vegan
Food influencer
Rose was born in South Korea and raised in Canada. She started off posting her first "Cheap Lazy Vegan" video on YouTube back in May of 2015 while she was living in London with the intention of just sharing her own thoughts & beliefs about veganism; as well as sharing easy and affordable vegan meal ideas. She was determined to show the world that vegan food can be cheap, lazy AND delicious! She wants to show her fellow humans that being a vegan is not difficult OR expensive, and that it's just a simple change in mindset and lifestyle and hopes people find her content educational, inspirational, funny and witty. But most importantly, aims to build a community where we can all come together for the love of vegan food and our furry friends!
Etherwood
Musician
Etherwood leapt straight to the forefront of the drum & bass world over the years with his distinctively beautiful and unique production. First discovering D&B in the late 90s and, inspired by the likes of Aphrodite, Photek, Logistics and DJ Hype. His debut self-titled album ‘Etherwood’ took the scene by storm. His second album ‘Blue Leaves’ went straight into number one spot on the iTunes Electronic chart. His third studio album ‘In Stillness’, written in complete isolation within the Finnish wilderness, saw Etherwood’s skill as a songwriter mastered. Etherwood’s creativity is evoked through his free spirited mindset, exploring the world in his converted van, dedicated to mindfulness and meditation. The Lincoln-born musician’s fourth studio album ‘Neon Dust’ was inspired by a fusion of folk, rock, liquid, indie-pop and techno.
Tash Peterson
Activist
Tash is an animal rights activist based in Perth, Western Australia, known for her bold and attention-grabbing approach activism. She has been featured in prominent media outlets such as UniLad, the New York Post, Sky News Australia, and Piers Morgan Uncensored (UK), and her activism has been covered nationally on The Project and Flashpoint Australia. Tash’s work highlights the pervasive issue of speciesism and aims to abolish all forms of animal exploitation and slavery. Her controversial style, which often includes acts of civil disobedience, serves as a catalyst for social awareness and change, as she believes media exposure is essential to raising visibility for animal rights. Through her activism, Tash seeks to challenge societal norms, advocating for a world where animals are no longer viewed as property or commodities but as beings with intrinsic rights.
Patrik Baboumian
Athlete & Speaker
Patrik Baboumian is a former professional athlete, a public speaker and a psychologist. He has written three books, given numerous talks all over the world and is best known for being part of The Game Changers documentary. Baboumian went vegan 11 years ago and he continues to travel the world on his mission to fight a false narrative around sports nutrition and animal protein. In his talk at Vegan Camp Out he will go in-depth on the topic of plant-based nutrition in sports and explain why going vegan helped him accelerate his athletic development even after 25 years of competitive strength sports and how it helped him to stay heathy after his career as a professional strongman.
Calum Harris
Food influencer
Calum Harris has been captivating audiences since 2019 with his plant-based recipes. His mission is clear: inspire more people to embrace vegan cooking that is both tasty and nutritious. His best-selling debut book, “The 20-Minute Vegan” and accolades such as Fortnum & Mason’s Content Creator of the Year nominee epitomise his impact on the food landscape. His latest book "Proper Healthy" launches on 2nd January 2024 and includes 80 plant-based recipes with a boost.
Fiona Oakes
Distance runner
Fiona Oakes is a British distance runner who holds four world records for marathon running. In 2013, she won both the Antarctic Ice Marathon and the North Pole Marathon. She runs despite losing a kneecap from an illness when she was 17. Fiona has been vegan since she was 6 years old. She runs Tower Hill Stables Animal Sanctuary and is an ambassador for The Vegan Society. She was the subject of Running for Good, a documentary film by Keegan Kuhn, centred around her run in the 2017 Marathon des Sables.
Heather Mills
Vegan Entrepreneur
Heather Mills is the founder of the award-winning plant-based ethical Vegan food company VBites. In 1993 Heather suffered the loss of her left leg below the knee due to an accident. To save her amputated leg from constant infections she went on a plant-based diet which lead her years later to create the pioneering International Plant-Based ethical Vegan food company, VBites, which exports to 24 countries, offers 130 plant-based products and has won 80 awards. Heather also owns 600,000sq ft of plant-based manufacturing facilities, a vegan makeup and algal oil range, and a venture start-up company.
Bite Size Vegan
Author & Educator
Emily Moran Barwick was born with a fierce sense of justice. Whether authoring essays on the experiences of children in the foster care system at age six, or educating door-to-door about endangered species at age seven, Emily’s advocacy took root at a very early age. After completing her Masters of Fine Arts, Emily founded Bite Size Vegan, while also starting down the path of medical school. In an uncharacteristic move, Emily decided to throw herself full time into Bite Size Vegan, despite being rather terrified of technology and having no experience with video creation or social media. Driven by passion, conviction, and no small amount of inhuman Autistic intensity, Emily took on the research, writing, filming, animating, editing, website development, nonprofit accounting, social media management, and myriad other simultaneous responsibilities of single-handedly running Bite Size Vegan.
Lifting Vegan Logic
Activist
Danny Ishay, also known as Lifting Vegan Logic is a vegan activist and content creator focused on using humor, satire, scientific research, and logical argumentation to challenge anti-vegan arguments and expose the contradictions in common criticisms of veganism. Through his content, he aims to dismantle misconceptions and bring a fresh, rational perspective to the conversation around veganism.
Dr Alan Desmond
Health Expert
Doctor Alan Desmond is one of the UK and Ireland's most prominent gut health experts and an enthusiastic advocate for the benefits of a plant-based diet and lifestyle. A leading voice in the international plant-based medical community, Dr Alan is a founding member and ambassador for Plant-Based Health Professionals UK, and has appeared on BBC News Spotlight, Virgin Radio’s Chris Evans Breakfast Show and The Rich Roll Podcast. He also features in the recent documentary “I Could Never Go Vegan”. Follow Dr Alan Desmond on Instagram @dr.alandesmond
The Vegan Queens
Vegan Drag Duo
The Vegan Queens are the UK's premier vegan drag duo. Mother, Gemini and Daughter, Miasma have worked as a duo for almost a decade. They have worked with Gen-V and Viva promoting veganism country wide. With their unique style of singing covers and comedy, The Vegan Queens will light up any dark corners and bring a smile to your face. You can catch them hosting cabaret and karaoke on Saturday and Sunday night, 8pm to midnight in Mind & Body after dark.
Charlotte Devaney
DJ, Producer & Activist
Charlotte Devaney is a multi-genre powerhouse in the music and entertainment world, setting benchmarks as a DJ, producer, MC, actor, and activist. With roots in underground dance culture, she’s known for her electrifying sets that span Drum & Bass, Bassline, Garage, and House, and her iconic Hologram Sessions series. A founding member of the Narni Shakers, Charlotte's career includes hits like the Platinum-selling “Flip It” with Snoop Dogg, collaborations with artists like Fatman Scoop and Lady Leshurr, and projects with global brands like HBO Max and Netflix. Her activism is equally bold, from her Freedom to Dance march to animal rights work with PETA. Through her creative agency, Karma London, Charlotte supports leading underground artists, continually pushing boundaries and redefining entertainment
Juliet Gellatley
Viva!
In 1994 Juliet founded Viva! - the biggest vegan charity in Europe. She also launched Viva! Poland in 2001 - one of the biggest animal protection groups in Central Europe. Juliet has created and launched numerous campaigns and written several reports, guides and books, including The Silent Ark, Born to be Wild, Vegan New Parents’ Guide, Healthy Vegan Kids, Why You Don’t Need Dairy and Nutrition in a Nutshell. She has filmed and exposed many factory farms, severely embarrassing major companies and supermarkets - many of which changed policies. Juliet filmed at the notorious Hogwood pig farm that supplied Tesco, and is producer of the documentary, Hogwood: a modern horror story, airing on Netflix in 2022. Juliet and her team created the first vegan cinema ad and Viva!’s first vegan TV ad. Juliet is an inspirational, fun and informative speaker and has made many media appearances across the world. She has a degree in zoology and psychology; diploma in direct marketing and is a qualified nutritional therapist. Visit viva.org.uk
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