foie gras

Bath restaurants resists pressure to take foie gras off menu

Force-fed ducksA restaurant in Bath has insisted it will continue to serve foie gras despite animal activists staging continued protests outside its premises. Members of the Bath Activist Network (BAN) staged demonstrations outside the city’s Minibar for four consecutive nights last week...
Posted: 14 July 2009 | 10:38

Bath restaurant will continue to serve foie gras on its menus

geeseA restaurant in Bath has insisted it will continue to serve foie gras despite animal protestors picketing the premises.
Posted: 22 April 2009 | 12:19

Restaurant takes foie gras off menu after attack

The 39 StepsA restaurant in Cheshire, which offers foie gras on its menu, has had its windows smashed by a group believed to be animal rights activists.
Posted: 09 April 2009 | 08:30

Albert Roux criticises foie gras production methods

Albert RouxSilver Catey winner Albert Roux has criticised the production methods of foie gras, saying the controversial delicacy should carry a “health” warning similar to cigarettes.
Posted: 15 December 2008 | 15:16

Michael Caines targeted by activists over foie gras

GeeseMichael Caines has come under fire from animal rights protestors who are urging the Michelin-starred chef to remove foie gras from his menu at one of his Devon restaurants.
Posted: 11 December 2008 | 11:18

Chicago overturns foie gras ban

foie grasRestaurants in Chicago will be able to serve foie gras again after the city’s council overturned a ban on the controversial delicacy less than two years after imposing it.
Posted: 16 May 2008 | 14:30

UK restaurateurs defend their right to serve foie gras

geeseRestaurateurs are hitting back in the foie gras debate, refusing to bow to pressure from animal rights activists who are continuing to target them over the sale of the controversial delicacy.
Posted: 01 May 2008 | 07:00

Jaundiced view of liver pâté?

geeseFoie gras is the food that divides the dinner table, and a recent surge in protests against restaurants has forced many to stop selling the controversial delicacy. Is there a future for foie gras on British menus? Kerstin Kühn investigates
Posted: 10 April 2008 | 00:00

Foie gras campaigners target Leeds

geeseAnimal rights campaigners in Yorkshire have announced they are to target restaurants in Leeds this weekend in a bid to turn the city “foie gras free”.
Posted: 29 February 2008 | 17:24

Operators fear for future of foie gras

geeseThe future of foie gras on British menus has been thrown into doubt after animal rights activists forced three restaurants to stop serving the controversial delicacy last week.
Posted: 28 February 2008 | 07:00

Foie Gras

geeseFoie gras is the food that divides the dinner table. On the one side there are those who consider the fatty duck or goose liver the ultimate delicacy; while on the other there are those whose concerns over its production make them push their plates aside.
Posted: 27 February 2008 | 15:25

Michelin-starred restaurant forced to take foie gras off the menu

Midsummer House, CambridgeMichelin-starred restaurant, Midsummer House, has been forced to take foie gras off its menu, following weeks of protests by animal rights groups.
Posted: 20 February 2008 | 11:58

Animal rights protesters attack restaurant for serving foie gras

foie grasMidsummer House in Cambridge was forced to close yesterday after it was vandalised by animal rights protesters for serving foie gras.
Posted: 19 February 2008 | 11:33

Restaurateur 'bullied' into boycotting foie gras

Foie grasA Gloucester restaurateur has claimed that he was “bullied” into taking foie gras off his menu by campaigners.
Posted: 28 November 2007 | 12:49

Foie gras: The ethical debate

As the debate over the ethics of foie gras rages on, Tom Vaughan talks to restaurateur who might have found a way to appease both sides
Posted: 26 July 2007 | 00:00

RSPCA calls for foie gras ban

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) is calling for a ban on foie gras after a poll found nearly two-thirds of people in Britain (63%) want the food banned because of the cruelty involved in its production.
Posted: 30 May 2007 | 10:48

Raymond Blanc slammed for serving foie gras by animal activists

Raymond Blanc has come under fire from animal rights activists who have slammed the Michelin-starred chef for serving foie gras at his Birmingham restaurant Brasserie Blanc.
Posted: 14 February 2007 | 13:24

Gordon Ramsay's TV sponsors urged to bin 'cruel' foie gras ad

catey winner 2006Tio Pepe, sponsor of Gordon Ramsay series The F-Word, has been slammed by animal rights campaigners for a "cruel" ad tie-in.
Posted: 14 November 2006 | 10:52

 
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