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A Manchester plant-based food start-up has won a major contract to supply its meat-free burgers and sausages to the likes of Chelsea FC, Wimbledon and the 02 Arena.

Herblabism has secured the deal with Levy º£½ÇÊÓƵ + I after the companies worked together at COP26 in Glasgow.

Levy as the official catering partner at the SEC, created a menu that was 60% meat-free and 40% plant-based/vegan.

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The plant-based range sold during the 12-day event included 7,500 Herblabism mushroom burgers and 6,000 Herbalism plant-based sausages, both of which were developed in partnership with Levy’s director of culinary, James Buckley.

He said: "Collaborating with an exciting and innovative plant-based start-up like Herblabism, which shares the same sustainable vision as Levy, is a great way for us to drive food innovation and change behaviours across the entire food supply chain.

"Levy is also completely committed to a low carbon, plant-forward strategy. This is something which we clearly demonstrated through our meat-free COP26 menus which accounted for 60% of our total sales. In comparison, our beef-based sales were less than 2%.

"We see Herblabism’s products playing a key role in helping us deliver our Net Zero vision - and we look forward to working closely with them further to supply more of our venues across the º£½ÇÊÓƵ going forward."