Gregg’s Spicy Veg Curry Bake Review

 

This year, Greggs deviated away from their popular vegan version of their famous Festive Bake, and instead released a new savoury bake to their lineup: The Spicy Veg Curry Bake!

This bake has the classic vegan lattice pastry that can be found on all of their plant-based products, and is filled with chickpeas, veggies and rice in a curry sauce. It replaced the Vegan Mexican Chicken bake, as Greggs usually only have one vegan bake alongside their Quorn Vegan Sausage Roll.

SPICY VEG CURRY BAKE

The new bake on the block.

This vegan-friendly pastry is packed with a vibrant mix of rice and veg, including chickpeas, onions, sweetcorn, pepper and parsnip all in a curry sauce - with added chillies for that kick of seasonal spice. pic.twitter.com/BuSvjeu93B

— Greggs (@GreggsOfficial) November 13, 2023

I tried this for lunch one day to see if it really could replace the Vegan Festive Bake.

The pastry is filled with a spicy vegetable chickpea curry

If I’m honest, this was a lot better than I expected. It’s definitely not ‘festive’ by any stretch of the imagination, but it was nice and a bit different to other vegan pastries that are available. It had a good mixture of chickpeas and veggies, and the sauce had a lot of flavour while also being a little bit creamy. It wasn’t painfully spicy, but it was a little bit tongue tingling. I was a bit worried about it containing parsnips, as I’m not a fan, but I didn’t notice them in this at all.

My final verdict: It’s a good product, and a nice change for anyone that doesn’t like meat substitutes (this one is also soya free unlike the Turkey-free baguette, the bean & vegan sausage & cheese melt and the vegan Mexican Chicken bake). It’s just a shame it wasn’t more Christmassy.

* This product contains wheat and mustard