Can an English breakfast be vegetarian?

A vegetarian breakfast can be recognised as authentic in spirit, even though it cannot meet the traditional meat-based ingredient definition required for a full English breakfast under the Society’s approval standard. Vegetarian cooked breakfasts form a long-established part of British food culture and can honour the structure, balance, and intent of the English breakfast when executed with care. In these cases, the dish should be presented clearly as a vegetarian English-style breakfast, distinct in ingredients but aligned with the tradition in form and purpose, with dishes such as the Glamorgan sausage representing a recognised vegetarian lineage rather than a direct substitute for a full English.