The luxurious New York restaurant Eleven Madison Park, who decided four years ago offer only vegan disheswill include again meat in your menu after not obtaining the expected success with their plant options and in order to attract more diners. Daniel Humm, the local chef -who has Three Michelin stars since 2012-, I had decided to eliminate the meat products from his menu For climate awarenessan election that was thought, could be replicated by other restaurants.
However, the cook confesses in an interview with ‘The New York Times’, published on Wednesday, which in the last year reserves for private events – a key source of income – have been very scarce. “It is difficult to gather 30 people for a corporate dinner in a restaurant whose food is based on vegetables,” he says. In the same way, he points out that Wine sales have also decreasedsince customers usually choose this drink to accompany dishes with meat.
The goal to include meat products, says Humm, is to attract more diners, both for economic reasons as for “hospitality”. The idea of returning to the flesh came on a trip to Greece, where he saw how a shepherd sacrificed a goat: “He is very emotional and shows himself a lot of respect. If you see all that cycle, of course you do not waste a bite.”
As of October
Therefore, as of October 14, the restaurant will offer a Menu of seven to nine dishes for 365 dollarsthat despite everything will be mostly composed of plant products. The difference will be that customers can replace vegetables from their dishes with meat or shellfish.
Although he confesses to feel some “anxiety” in fear of that the public considers it a “hypocritical”Humm believes that “the best way to continue defending vegan cuisine is to allow everyone to participate in the table.” “I believed a lot in the idea of ‘completely thoroughly’, but I didn’t realize that we were excluding people,” adds the chef, which in 2024 was named UNESCO GOOD Ambassador for food education for its defense of sustainable feeding systems.
