Paul McCartney 's former wife Heather Mills continues on her mission to turn the nation onto the benefits of a meet free diet this week by taking on the role of inspirational guest speaker at a major vegetarian roadshow.
The 41-year-old animal campaigner is holding a 'Get Healthy with Heather' session, during which she'll be giving a vegan cookery demonstration, at the event this weekend, held at the Royal Horticultural Halls in Westminster. She'll be there on behalf of Viva – Vegetarians international Voice For Animals – the organisation of which she is patron.
"She loves the challenge of turning a carnivore into a veggie through their stomach," say the organisers of the roadshow.
It's an approach Heather is no doubt hoping to take with her new vegan eaterie. The former model has taken over the Big Fish café in Hove, East Sussex – where she used to eat often with her husband and their daughter Beatrice before the couple's divorce.
"They'd have veggie breakfasts and soya milk tea," said the café's former owner Nick Short. "Heather said she'd like to buy the place if it came on the market."
When Nick decided to sell he remembered the conversation and got in touch with the former model to work out a deal. An agreement was finally signed last month for £140,000 – less than the pre-credit crunch figure of £255,000 which former proprietor Nick says was verbally agreed on.
Heather is renovating the eaterie and plans to take fish, and all animal products off the menu. "I think Hove, any town really, will be well served by a healthy foods cafe like this," says her spokesperson.
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