The NEKED Plant-Based Lifestyle Retreat is an invitation to slow down and live well. Over four days and three nights in Clarens, we gather around a long table to share beautiful plant-based food, gentle creativity, nature, rest, and meaningful connection. There are no rules, no rush, and nothing to prove just nourishment beyond the plate. This is not a detox or a bootcamp. It’s luxury for the soul.

A trillion lives a year is not a statistic — it’s a scream we’ve learned to ignore. Not survival, not necessity, but habit and convenience dressed up as normal. We cradle our dogs, mourn our cats, and stop our cars for ducks in the road, yet look away from suffering on a scale too vast to comprehend. Once you truly see it, you can’t unsee it. And choosing plants isn’t about perfection — it’s about compassion, about saying your life mattered in a world that desperately needs

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NEKED Food - Gourmet Edition, Extraordinary & Delicious Plant Based Cuisine. By Vanessa Jarvis-Findlay Darling, some cookbooks are...

Yes, NEKED Food the restaurant is closed. But the movement, the magic, and the menu are far from done. From cookbooks and cooking shows to YouTube and dinner party dreams — here’s everything Vanessa’s been cooking up since the kitchen lights went out.

Last night, we had the honour of attending the Restaurant Association of South Africa’s glittering awards ceremony at The Venue in...

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Ladies and gentlemen, food enthusiasts, and epicureans alike, fasten your seat belts and prepare to embark on a tantalising journey...

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