THE PLANT-BASED HERITAGE DAY BRAAI

To celebrate South Africa's Heritage Day (often referred to as Braai Day), ProVeg South Africa organised our annual plant-based braai event, called the Plant-Based Heritage Day Braai, to showcase the ease with which plant-based eating can be integrated into everyday activities and special occasions and how good it can taste.

In the past, the event has drawn crowds of up to 300 people. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were no events held in 2020 and 2021. But in 2022, ProVeg South Africa hosted the biggest braai day event so far with over 500 attendees. This event also resulted in an informal world record for the most plant-based burgers and sausages to be eaten at a single braai or BBQ.

The 2022 Plant-Based Heritage Day Braai was hosted at Camps Bay High School’s B-Field, opposite the Glen Country Club and next to Maiden’s Cove. On the menu was a selection of several plant-based meat alternatives such as Beyond Meat’s breakfast sausage patties, Urban Vegan’s Prime Patties, Fry’s Big Fry Burger, and many more. There were also several gluten-free options available. A wide selection of salads, sides, and drinks accompanied these delicious plantbased burgers and boerie rolls, as well as an amazing selection of vegan desserts from Woolworths.

Event partners included Woolworths, Infinite Foods, Urban Vegan, Meatless Farm, The Fry’s Family Co., Oumph!, Outcast Foods, Veggiewors, Pesto Princess, Beyond Meat, Just Egg, B-Well, Marie Sharp’s Africa, Kauai, Nourish’d, Switched Energy Drinks, Soma, Okja, and Buchulife.

This is one of ProVeg South Africa’s most successful community-building events. It offers attendees a wide variety of plant-based foods, some plant-based alternatives to foods traditionally associated with the braai, at great value-for-money prices.

Other Events

ProVeg South Africa organises and facilitates many activations and exhibitions, such as plantbased food sampling and speaking events. This gives the public an opportunity to try products that they would otherwise not try while learning about the benefits of a plant-based diet. Some of the exhibitions and activations ProVeg South Africa participated in this year included the Two Oceans Marathon Expo, The Plant-Powered Show, the University of Cape Town’s Sustainability Day, as well as sampling events at Nelson Mandela University, and North West University’s Potchefstroom campus. ProVeg South Africa was also able to participate in the Greenpop Reforest Festival hosted at the Bodhi Khaya Nature Retreat outside Gansbaai.

A panel discussion on the Plant Powered Talks stage, hosted by ProVeg South Africa in partnership with Wellness Warehouse at the 2022 Plant Powered Show at the CTICC. The panel included Wellness Warehouse wellness experts and was mediated by ProVeg South Africa Country Director, Donovan Will.

Product sampling statistics for 2022:

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ProVeg South Africa team members and volunteers at the ProVeg stand as part of the Two Oceans Marathon Expo 2022. Here they handed our thousands of samples to expo attendants

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