Cook Vegetarian! magazine is delighted to announce the winners of its second awards - The Veggie Awards 2011 - celebrating flavour, versatility and innovation in the world of meat-free foods.

Deputy Editor Fae Gilfillan said: "Once again, food companies came up trumps with their entries for this year's Veggies proving that vegetarianism is simply not a boring or restrictive diet. We created two brand new categories this year to reflect the changing food market; Best Veggie Tipple was expanded into Best Veggie Beer and Best Veggie Wine and Best Raw Product was introduced to echo growing interest surrounding this diet. We had great fun selecting the winners but with more and more products nominated every year, crowning our winners doesn't get any easier!"

Inviting entries from the biggest supermarket to the smallest producer, the Cook Vegetarian! team of vegetarian foodies tasted a huge number of products and scoured the web to find the best sites for vegetarians. In each category, one Winner was selected with five other top-performing products or services each being awarded a Highly Commended accolade. The winners of a 'Veggie' are as follows: Best Meat Replacement - Quorn Chicken Style Pieces Best Veggie Ready Meal - Pick Me Nutty Tagliatelle Best Burger, Banger or Grill - Goodlife Spicy Bean Quarterpounders Best Veggie Cheese - Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses Blacksticks Blue Best Dairy Free - Swedish Glace Ice Cream Best Vegan Product - Anila's Sauces Goan Green Curry Sauce Best Veggie Snack - Penn State Sour Cream & Chive Pretzels Best Veggie Sweet - Goody Good Stuff Sour Mix & Match Best Veggie Beer - Keltek Brewery Natural Magik Best Veggie Wine - Asda's Extra Special Chateauneuf-du-Pape Best Raw Product - Raw Health Super Seed Spread Best Veggie Website - www.goodnessdirect.co.uk

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Notes to Editors:

1 Cook Vegetarian! is the UK's leading monthly vegetarian cookery magazine, available nationwide in supermarkets, WHSmith stores and independents. 2 For more information about Cook Vegetarian! or the Veggie Awards 2011, (including the full list of winners and highly commended), contact Fae Gilfillan on 01206 508627 or email fae@cookveg.co.uk