LONDON — Climate change activists occupied
celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s three-star Michelin restaurant in London on
Saturday evening, demanding an overhaul of the
UK’s food system.
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Fourteen members of “Animal Rebellion” entered
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea, southwest London, at around 6pm (1800 GMT)
and sat at tables reserved for guests.
They held mocked-up menus detailing the
environmental costs of dishes offered in the restaurant, and left when the
establishment closed a few hours later.
“This luxury restaurant epitomizes the inequality we
face in the UK right now, as well as denial of the severity of the Climate
Crisis,” the group tweeted.
“We need a dramatic shift in the UK’s food system,
and we all need to take responsibility for that,” it added.
A spokesperson for Restaurant Gordon Ramsay said:
“Everyone is entitled to their opinions and beliefs.”
“However, to force your way into a restaurant,
disturbing hard-working staff going about their jobs and ruining the evening of
guests who have waited months for their reservations is incredibly
inappropriate and deeply disrespectful.”
Activist Lucia Alexander called for a “transition to
a plant-based food system”.
“A plant-based food system requires 75 percent less
farmland to grow food, allowing us to feed millions of additional people
without the reliance on exploitative and inefficient animal farming
industries.”
London’s Metropolitan Police said they had been
called to the restaurant, but that no arrests were made.
“Officers attended. The restaurant was closed, and the
protesters left. There were no arrests,” said a spokesman.
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