The Animal Rebellion group, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, said eight people entered the Nusr-Et steakhouse.
Restaurant staff remove protesters in London. (Image: Twitter)
By India Today Web Desk: Eight activists were ‘thrown out’ by the staff after they targetted Nusr-Et steak restaurant in Knightsbridge, central London, on Saturday.
Nusr-Et is a chain of luxury steakhouses owned by Nusret Gokce, a Turkish butcher, chef, food entertainer, and restaurateur known as ‘Salt Bae’.
The demonstrators from Animal Rebellion, an animal and climate justice movement and an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, entered the restaurant on Saturday evening and sat at empty tables which were already reserved, as reported by the Independent.
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A video shared by the protest group showed a woman being carried out onto the street by restaurant staff and left to sit on the curb.
The protest group said in a press release it is calling for “a plant-based food system and mass rewilding”.
Ben Thomas, 20, said, “Restaurants like these are symbolic of a broken system. Whilst two million people are relying on food banks in the UK right now, influencer chefs are selling gold-plated steaks for more than £1,000. Steaks and other red meats that we know carry the highest environmental impacts.”
The Metropolitan Police said the protest was reported but the demonstrators left before officers were sent out, Independent reported.
The group also confirmed 16 more supporters have occupied Mana, a Michelin-star restaurant, where food is served starting at £195 per person.
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Posting on Twitter, Animal Rebellion said: “Whilst 2 million in the UK rely on food banks, high-end restaurants are catering to a wealthy minority.”
According to the Animal Rebellion, plant-based farming requires 75 per cent less land to grow the same amount of food (thanks to removing the need to grow animal feed!). We would feed our population for much less and free up land to be rewilded and given back to nature.