Plates London: UK Gets Its First 100% Vegan Michelin-Starred Restaurant

Plates London has become the UK's first 100% vegan eatery to receive a Michelin star, among the 22 new one-star UK restaurants in the 2025 Michelin Guide. Helmed by chef-owner Kirk Haworth, the restaurant offers dishes such as barbecued maitake mushrooms and a mung bean and urad dal lasagna. Haworth's strong culinary technique impressed Michelin inspectors, showcasing flavors and textures that worked together in harmony.

Plates London's seasonal menu features produce and whole foods, with dishes like kabocha squash and ginger soup, slow-cooked leeks with chestnut cream, and house-laminated sourdough bread with whipped spirulina butter. The restaurant has been praised for its exceptional mushroom dish and innovative plant-based creations. With the growing acceptance of plant-based cuisine, Plates London joins a select group of vegan Michelin-starred restaurants globally.