Karin Ridgers

Karin Ridgers

VegfestUK Presenter, Radio Host & Founder of VeggieVision.TV & MAD PR

Karin is the founder of www.VeggieVision.TV – a vegan website with mini programmes, interviews, reviews of vegan products, recipes, competitions as well as its own dating site www.veggievisiondating.com.

Karin is thrilled to work closely with VegfestUK the biggest vegan festivals in Europe.

She is the VegfestUK ‘MC’. She gains VegfestUK and veganism a lot of media coverage and she encourages and arranges for media to attend the festivals too.

Karin introduces the speakers in the auditorium, she presents the awards and is the moderator for the debates which are filmed in front on a live audience as well as sometimes streamed live worldwide.

She has hosted the awards with Sarah Jane Crawford, and interviewed Evanna Lynch and Lucy Watson on stage.

Combining her love of radio Karin now has a popular radio show every Friday from 6pm to 8pm on Essex based Phoenix FM.

Karin has interviewed experts, local people as well as high profile celebrities including:

Heather Small, Rozalla, Baby D, Vicky Michelle, Jason Burrill the Big Brother Winner, Rick Hay, Wendy Turner Webster, Gary Webster, Jasmine Harman, Peter Egan and many more incredible guests.

Karin has filmed with and interviewed Brian May, Virginia McKenna, Martin Clunes, Anthea Turner, Lorraine Chase, Matthew Wright, Wendy Turner Webster, Laura Hamilton, Peter Eagan, Rick Wakeman, Helen Chamberlain, Jeremy Cunningham – The Levellers… she has also interviewed Sean Hughes and Joanna Lumley.

She also loves presenting VegfestUK Chat – the online regular chat show with Tim Barford the manager of VegfestUK.

Karin also coaches media and celebrities to be vegan – and is the Ambassador for Wetnose Animal Aid.

She has written for Leona Lewis’s blog as well as for the Ocado blog and advised Centre Parcs about vegan options.

Karin also runs MAD-Promotions an ethical vegan PR company that focuses on businesses that are making the world a better place.

She also works with many vegan client and vegan products too – constantly getting the positive veggie friendly message into mainstream media.

Karin has gained clients £100,00’s and £100,00’s over the years in free editorial coverage – resulting in profiles of clients being raised, clients gaining their own regular columns, running competitions, having products reviewed and more.

Karin has taken part in more than 250 radio interviews – all promoting how easy, fun, healthy and kinder it is to lead a vegan life.

Karin has been asked to write for other publications in connection with veggie and vegan living and has recently written for various trade publications on how and why they must cater for vegans.

www.karinridgers.me www.veggievision.tv www.mad-promotions.com

Saturday
12:00

An interview with Paul Kerton aka Hench Herbivore & Gemma Nichols

Plant Powered Planet full timetable

Saturday
13:00

An interview with Bake-Off legend Freya Cox

Plant Powered Planet full timetable

Saturday
15:00

Karin Ridgers interviews Mitali, The Vegan Publisher.

Karin (Mad Promotions) interviews Mitali on why she became vegan, the need for a vegan book publisher, and why she believes this will create a vegan-normal world.

Plant Powered Planet full timetable

Saturday
17:00

An interview with Victoria Featherstone Pearce

Plant Powered Planet full timetable

Saturday
17:30

VegfestUK Awards 2022

The 2022 VegfestUK Awards results are announced on stage at 5.30 when Karin and Tim reveal the winners  for the 16th time. 17 categories with 10 nominees in each, and voted for online by the public, the awards are set to throw up a few surprises with a number of new nominees for 2022. Results are posted at 6pm online.

Plant Powered Planet full timetable

Sunday
11:00

A chat with The Vegan Wedding Show founders

We are Cynthia, Events CEO and Tanya, Chef CEO, who have collaborated together to create plant based food experiences, blending our cultural foods, as well as classic dishes, with a twist, while using 100% plant based ingredients full of authentic flavours, leaving you wanting more.

Plant Powered Planet full timetable

Sunday
12:00

Producing a vegan TV series

Karin interviews Kirly-Sue about her new TV series!

Plant Powered Planet full timetable

Sunday
14:00

A day in the life of the world's only charity that supports the older vegan

Find out more about V for Life – the world’s only charity that supports the older vegan – in this exclusive interview. The charity works to support, protect, and uphold the rights of older vegans and vegetarians – helping us all to stay vegan for life.

Plant Powered Planet full timetable

Sunday
16:00

An interview with Wendy Turner-Webster

Coming soon.

Plant Powered Planet full timetable