<p>Climate change activists occupied celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay's three-star Michelin restaurant in London on Saturday evening, demanding an overhaul of the UK's food system.</p>.<p>Fourteen members of "Animal Rebellion" entered Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea, southwest London, at around 6:00 pm (1800 GMT) and sat at tables reserved for guests.</p>.<p>They held mocked-up menus detailing the environmental costs of dishes offered in the restaurant, and left when the establishment closed a few hours later.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/activists-glue-themselves-to-goya-paintings-in-spanish-climate-protest-1159731.html" target="_blank">Activists glue themselves to Goya paintings in Spanish climate protest</a></strong></p>.<p>"This luxury restaurant epitomises the inequality we face in the UK right now, as well as denial of the severity of the Climate Crisis," the group tweeted.</p>.<p>"We need a dramatic shift in the UK's food system, and we all need to take responsibility for that," it added.</p>.<p>A spokesperson for Restaurant Gordon Ramsay said: "Everyone is entitled to their opinions and beliefs. However, to force your way into a restaurant, disturbing hard-working staff going about their jobs and ruining the evening of guests who have waited months for their reservations is incredibly inappropriate and deeply disrespectful."</p>.<p>Activist Lucia Alexander called for a "transition to a plant-based food system".</p>.<p>"A plant-based food system requires 75 percent less farmland to grow food, allowing us to feed millions of additional people without the reliance on exploitative and inefficient animal farming industries."</p>.<p>London's Metropolitan Police said they had been called to the restaurant, but that no arrests were made.</p>.<p>"Officers attended. The restaurant was closed, and the protesters left. There were no arrests," said a spokesman.</p>
<p>Climate change activists occupied celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay's three-star Michelin restaurant in London on Saturday evening, demanding an overhaul of the UK's food system.</p>.<p>Fourteen members of "Animal Rebellion" entered Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea, southwest London, at around 6:00 pm (1800 GMT) and sat at tables reserved for guests.</p>.<p>They held mocked-up menus detailing the environmental costs of dishes offered in the restaurant, and left when the establishment closed a few hours later.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/activists-glue-themselves-to-goya-paintings-in-spanish-climate-protest-1159731.html" target="_blank">Activists glue themselves to Goya paintings in Spanish climate protest</a></strong></p>.<p>"This luxury restaurant epitomises the inequality we face in the UK right now, as well as denial of the severity of the Climate Crisis," the group tweeted.</p>.<p>"We need a dramatic shift in the UK's food system, and we all need to take responsibility for that," it added.</p>.<p>A spokesperson for Restaurant Gordon Ramsay said: "Everyone is entitled to their opinions and beliefs. However, to force your way into a restaurant, disturbing hard-working staff going about their jobs and ruining the evening of guests who have waited months for their reservations is incredibly inappropriate and deeply disrespectful."</p>.<p>Activist Lucia Alexander called for a "transition to a plant-based food system".</p>.<p>"A plant-based food system requires 75 percent less farmland to grow food, allowing us to feed millions of additional people without the reliance on exploitative and inefficient animal farming industries."</p>.<p>London's Metropolitan Police said they had been called to the restaurant, but that no arrests were made.</p>.<p>"Officers attended. The restaurant was closed, and the protesters left. There were no arrests," said a spokesman.</p>