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Interview with David Moore of Pied à Terre Restaurant in London

David Moore is a restaurateur and owner of Pied à Terre Restaurant in West London. Pied à Terre is a Michelin-starred restaurant focusing on local British produce, prepared using French cooking techniques with a modern twist. David Moore talks about his dynamic career in the hospitality industry and working with the all-star chefs of Britain’s restaurant scene through the decades.
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Vegan Larrp at King Cookdaily in London

King Cook is chef and owner of King Cookdaily in Shoreditch, East London. Here, he shows us his dish inspired by larrp, the national dish of Laos, in the kitchen of his plant-based take-out restaurant. He calls his version a Lao Bowl. To make his vegan version, he replaces traditional chicken with crumbled seitan and sliced mushrooms and uses vegan fish sauce. The key to the nutty flavor is topping the dish with ground toasted rice.
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Vegan “Egg” Fried Rice at King Cookdaily in London

 
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Interview with Chef King Cookdaily in London

King Cook is chef and owner of King Cookdaily in Shoreditch, east London, a takeout restaurant that serves vegan world cuisines, with an emphasis on Southeast Asia. Chef Cook talks about taking inspiration from Thai street food, growing up helping his dad in pub and hotel kitchens, and working in Michelin-starred restaurants. He reconnected with his Buddhist roots and became vegan, then transitioned his restaurant to a plant-based menu. As a graffiti artist, King Cook drew his own menu board, painted the interior of his restaurant, and spray painted the exterior of his restaurant in graffiti.
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Asparagus with Almond Crumbles at Edit Restaurant in London

Edit restaurant serves a plant-based menu using ingredients sourced from local, small-scale farms, foragers, and independent producers. Located in east London’s Hackney borough, Edit’s mission is to challenge traditional thinking and wasteful practices in the food industry. Elly Ward is founder of Edit restaurant and introduces us to the restaurant’s dish of asparagus. Chef Anna Bolechowska and Cheyenne Cunney show us how she prepares the asparagus, seared in butter and served with crispy fried asparagus skins, almond crumbles, and tahini chili sauce.
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Chicken of the Woods Mushrooms at Edit Restaurant in London

Edit restaurant, in the heart of east London’s Hackney borough, serves modern British fare with local, seasonal, and sustainable produce at the center of every plate. Elly Ward, the founder of Edit, introduces us to the restaurant’s dish of chicken of the woods mushrooms. Chefs Anna Bolechowska and Cheyenne Cunney demonstrate how the dish comes together, with chicken of the woods mushrooms, strikingly hued purple potatoes, summer squash “roses,” chimichurri, and pickled garlic buds.
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Interview with Elly Ward of Edit Restaurant in London

Edit restaurant in East London features a modern British plant-based menu using ingredients sourced from local, small-scale farms, foragers, and independent producers. Its founder, restaurateur Elly Ward’s background is actually in architecture. She talks about the marriage of her two passions—extending the sustainable ethos from the restaurant’s food to its interiors. In designing the restaurant, she used recycled steel and copper, sustainable cork, and salvaged “imperfect” terracotta tiles to create a striking, rustic interior.
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Introduction to Inside the Plant-Forward Kitchen: London

Inside the Plant-Forward Kitchen: London is the third installment of an educational video series produced by The Culinary Institute of America—a first-of-its-kind video reference library documenting plant-forward cuisines around the world. In this chapter, we explore the markets and restaurants of London and Cambridge, UK.
Among the featured chefs are David Moore and Chef Phil Kearsey of Michelin-starred restaurant, Pied à Terre. Chef Alexis Gauthier dishes on his trailblazing decision to remove all animal products from his restaurant, Gauthier, and Chef King Cookdaily tells us about his Buddhist roots being the inspiration behind his plant-based takeout menu.
From Chef Emerson Amelio de Oliveira’s zero waste philosophy to the eco-friendly restaurant design of Elly Ward’s, Edit; to Marc Summers of Bubula Spitalfields, who loves surprising his customers with just how delicious vegetables can be—our tour of London’s plant-forward kitchens will surprise and inspire you.
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