Vegetarian Britain 2006

Alex Bourke is the world?s leading vegetarian travel writer and founder of Vegetarian Guides, the world?s first vegetarian guidebook company. He went veggie at 14, worked during the eighties in every department of a guidebook company, and in 1992 whilst living in France published The Vegan Guide to Paris, which led to a series of guides to other major cities in Europe, America and Australia. Throughout the nineties, he travelled on four continents meeting vegetarian and vegan activists and creating an unrivalled research network. Alex has edited Vegetarian Britain, Vegetarian France, Vegetarian Europe and Vegetarian London. He writes veggie travel articles for magazines and newspapers, has assisted countless journalists and appeared on radio and television in several countries. In 2004, he was elected Chair of The Vegan Society.