Kate Thompson went from meat eater to vegan overnight during the pandemic and, after a chance online meeting with a Come Dine With Me researcher, she agreed to appear on the show. The five episodes finally aired last week (20th-24th June 2022), with Kate winning the £1,000 prize for her fully vegan three-course meal. Kate shares her experience in today's podcast – from how she chose her dishes to why she meditated every night and how she dealt with backlash on Twitter.Try out Kate's winning recipes or follow her on Instagram. Coming up next week: Holly and Molly share their best accidentally vegan finds and on Thursday, Holly chats to Paula Benedi about inflammatory foods and toxic load. Music Purple PlanetOur best-selling magazine, Vegan Food & Living, is packed with fresh, nutritional recipes and you can try an issue for just 99p by visiting veganfoodandliving.com/podcast, or using code PODCAST when you order with us. Choose between our print and digital plus membership to receive the latest issue to your door or to your device, along with having easy access to 1000’s of plant-based recipes at your fingertips in our fully searchable digital magazine archive.