After the museums, the table. Environmental activists stormed the London steakhouse Nusr-Et, run by the internet star known as “Salt Bae”, on Saturday night to protest the establishment’s environmental impact. news from heaventhat reports the information, does not report arrests.
According to the British media, eight members of the Animal Rebellion association entered the restaurant around 6 p.m. and settled in the reserved tables. The police were quickly called, but the activists had already left the scene when they arrived.
A video posted on the organization’s Twitter account shows one of the activists being taken out of the establishment by the restaurant’s crew, before being thrown onto the sidewalk.
“We just sat there,” Ben Thomas, one of the activists, told the BBC. “The waiters were quite courteous, but the customers…two of them got pretty aggressive at one point,” the 20-year-old continued.
“The Prompt for a Broken Command”
Animal Rebellion, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, campaigns for “a vegetarian food system and a massive return to nature” and denounces the impact of animal agriculture on the climate. Ben Thomas explains to news from heaven the reasons for his action in the Nusr-Et restaurant:
“Restaurants like this are a symbol of a broken system. As two million people in the UK turn to the food bank, influential chefs are selling gold-plated steaks for over £1000. steaks which, like other red meats, are responsible for the greatest environmental impact.
Nusret Gökçe, a Turkish restaurateur, rose to fame in 2017 with a video uploaded to the web in which he is seen salting meat with a great theatrical gesture. The web immediately renamed him “Salt Bae”. always according to news from heavenhe opened a dozen restaurants around the world.
According to Animal Extinction’s Twitter account, a similar action was taking place at a Manchester restaurant at the same time. This ended with arrests, always according to their statements. A few weeks ago, the organization had already made headlines by occupying a Gordon Ramsay restaurant in the English capital.
These demonstrations occur when environmentalists multiply shock actions around the world, especially in museums. In Austria, Spain, Germany and even London, works of art have been doused with food in recent months.
Source: BFM TV
