Salt Bae has a restaurant in KnightsbridgeEnvironmental activists were physically removed from Salt Bae’s Knightsbridge steakhouse by staff after a protest at the venue. Shortly before 7pm, and to the applause of diners, the protesters were carried out of the restaurant, which serves gold-plated steaks costing up to £1,450, and put on the pavement outside. Activists questioned the actions of restaurant staff afterwards, with one saying: “I’m not sure they’re allowed to do that.” One protester, Orin Cooley-Green, 21, said: “It was tougher than police would do it.”AdvertisementWhat have protesters said? “Steaks... carry the highest environment impacts”AdvertisementThe protest group said in a press release it is calling for “a plant-based food system and mass rewilding”. The group staged a similar stunt at Manchester’s Michelin-star Mana restaurant later in the evening, it said.
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