World Vegan Day is coming up on 1st November and it’s important for several reasons. Not only is our planet on fire (not in a good way) thanks, in part, to methane emissions — over 37 percent are attributed to factory farming — but it’s a chance to experience plant-based food at its fullest potential. Not that we’re saying veganism is perfect, it’s just that most of us who aren’t vegan are probably a tad sceptical.

Compelling us to quell said scepticism is The Sugar Club and The Sugar Culb’s new(ish) Executive Chef Josh Barlow. Taking the idea of World Vegan Day and running with the opportunity to challenge the strong and often misguided perceptions about the diet, Barlow will be leading the charge for a day of completely plant-based alterations. On November 1st, there will not be an animal product in sight; egg whites will be banished from the bar carte and cuts of meat eradicated from the food menu in lieu of some delicious vegan fare.