From greenqueen.com.hk
From London to New York City, five vegan restaurants possess Michelin stars – here’s what you need to know.
Who says high-end can’t be climate-conscious and ethical?
Across the world, more and more restaurants are greenifying their menus to align with sustainability and animal welfare. It’s a movement that has reached the upper echelons of tweezer cuisine, with Michelin – the tyre manufacturer famous for its food recommendations – increasingly recognising eateries that do their bit for the planet.
To that end, the company introduced the Michelin Green Star with the 2021 guide, rewarding restaurants that go all-in on sustainability, whether that’s to do with their sourcing and suppliers, food waste, and material use. Today, 611 restaurants have a Michelin Green Star.
When it comes to the original stars, though, that honour remains largely elusive for restaurants championing plants. New York’s Dirt Candy and Madrid’s El Invernadero are the only vegetarian restaurants with a Michelin star (each has one star).
Meanwhile, eight fully vegan restaurants have been designated as Bib Gourmand (recognised for good quality and value), and another 19 are “selected” (honoured for good cooking). Only five fully vegan eateries have a Michelin star, with just one sporting all three. Below we list them out.
Eleven Madison Park – 3 Michelin Stars
Location: New York City, US
Michelin stars: 3, since 2012 (retained as a vegan restaurant in 2022)
Perhaps the most famous vegan eatery on the planet now, Eleven Madison Park has a storied history. It made its name as the world’s best restaurant with meat-heavy delicacies like its honey lavender duck, but chef-owner Daniel Humm’s mid-pandemic realisation – that business as usual in the food system isn’t sustainable – led to a complete 180 for the New York City establishment.
Always at the forefront of innovation, Humm reopened Eleven Madison Park as a plant-based restaurant in 2021 and retained the three Michelin stars it has held since 2012 a year later. It operates three “hyper-seasonal” menus ranging from four to nine courses and priced between $225 and $365, with current dishes including tonburi with leeks and avocado, and agedashi tofu with brussel sprouts and basil.
De Nieuwe Winkel – 2 Michelin Stars
Location: Nijmegen, Netherlands
Michelin stars: 2, since 2022
Led by chef Emile van der Staak, De Nieuwe Winkel has been around since 2011 and is the only other vegan restaurant with two Michelin stars. Translated as ‘The New Shop’, its ethos lies in “botanical gastronomy” – it looks for applications for edible plants from around the world. In addition, it possesses a Michelin Green star too.
The establishment has three seasonal menus: Awakening (for spring), Growth (summer to fall), and Abundance (for winter), all of which cost €195 – think dishes like a sunflower seed risotto, crispy seaweed with scoby, and a chestnut waffle with nut pâté. In addition to its alcohol pairing, it offers non-alcoholic botanical drinks too.
Seven Swans – 1 Michelin Star
Location: Frankfurt, Germany
Michelin stars: 1, since 2015 (retained as a vegan restaurant in 2019)
Seven Swans gained fame as a vegetarian Michelin-star restaurant before Ricky Saward joined in 2018. As head chef, he cooked exclusively vegan food without publicly declaring it, which prompted him to make the move official. In 2019, the eatery retained its single Michelin star.
The restaurant is all about permaculture – using locally and sustainably grown produce, often from its own garden. Seven Swans offers three a seven-course menu priced at €189 (with both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drink pairings) and has a Michelin Green Star as well.
KLE – 1 Michelin Star
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Michelin stars: 1, since 2023
A dinner-only venue, KLE is a pub-style eatery championing Moroccan and Mexican flavours, drawing inspiration from chef-owner Zineb (Zizi) Hattab’s life. It gained a Michelin star in 2023 and serves modern cuisine with an emphasis on regionality and sustainability.
KLE offers three tasting menus (from four to six courses), priced between 109 and 134 francs. Hattab only decided to make the restaurant plant-based a month before opening and serves dishes like Tortellini alla Panna, Kentucky Fried Mushroom, New York-style hot dogs, and more. It also has the Michelin Green star.
Plates London – 1 Michelin Star
Location: London, UK
Michelin stars: 1, since 2025
The newest entrant on the list, Plates London is owned by siblings Kirk and Keeley Haworth and won its Michelin star just months after reopening in its current location in Shoreditch. Kirk, who has worked at legendary establishments like The French Laundry and Pied à Terre, turned to a plant-based diet after being diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2016. But he doesn’t want to be stuck with the word ‘vegan’, instead, he makes plants sing for themselves.
The £75, seven-course menu – which officially makes it the cheapest place to eat Michelin-starred vegan food – comprises dishes like barbecued maitake mushrooms with black bean mole, a mung bean and urad dal lasagna, and a raw cacao gateau with coconut blossom ice cream.
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