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So you've decided to eat more plants – and you figured a bit of guidance and support would help ease the change? That's what I'm here for!

I offer coaching support for individuals who want to make a shift towards a more plant-based diet, and I offer consultations for restaurants that want to include more delicious vegan-friendly options on their menu.

Every year, demand for vegan food surges, with seemingly-exponential growth in self-identified vegans year on year. The food industry is catching up fast, with remarkable innovations and countless alternatives to meat, dairy, eggs, and even honey.

If the restaurant industry is to stay competitive, it's got to meet this growing demand. More and more restaurant patrons are expecting to find vegan options on menus, so it's vital to make those options available and ensure the loyalty of this growing segment of consumers.

Here are some additional benefits of including more vegan options on your restaurant menu:

• It's more cost-effective
  Plant-based alternatives in baking (substituting for dairy and eggs, for example) are typically cheaper and have a longer shelf-life than animal products.
• It's more inclusive
  Everybody does eat plants, but not everybody eats meat, dairy or eggs. By offering more plant-based options, you are automatically widening your potential customer base.
• It's more sustainable
  The climate crisis is a sobering reality: if you want your establishment to be part of the solution, you can significantly reduce your carbon footprint and water footprint by shifting towards more plant-based options.

Including plant-based and vegan-friendly options on your menu is a win-win opportunity for any restaurant, and I can help you. With almost 10 years' experience with vegan cooking (and an academic background that included food industry life cycle analyes), I am well-positioned to assist in your business's transition to a more sustainable and inclusive future.

My approach to coaching is holistic and adaptive. There are a million ways that a plant-based journey could look like, depending on who's trying it: everyone has a different history and relationship with food, different motivations to change their eating habits and different cultural pressures that might make a shift more or less easy. I believe that it's important to accommodate each person's individual journey.

Following an initial conversation about your context, eating habits and goals, we'll create a plan incorporating specific guidance that suits your needs, such as custom meal plans, shopping guidance, plant-based kitchen basics, and tips for cooking on a budget.

My offerings include:

• Video or email consultation, to discuss anything relating to your plant-based journey. One month of unlimited email support gives you unlimited email communication with me (with a max. 24-hour response time from my side). Single video consults can be booked for various durations, as an individual, a pair or a small group (for a family or group of friends, for example).
• Ready-made meal plans featuring three meals a day plus snacks (with suggested ingredients), or a custom-made meal plan that suits your personal dietary and lifestyle needs. A custom plan includes a 15-minute consultation, to detail your needs.
• Shopping assistance, with a custom shopping guide localised to your area and the shops available to you. This will make it much easier to quickly find the ingredients you need for your plant-based meal plan. As a personal shopping assistant, I can show you where to find the foods you might be looking for, what to look out for in the ingredients, and what foods you might want to try that you've never tried before.