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Bayern Munich dominate Bundesliga… for vegetarians

Bavarian football giants Bayern Munich have averted a title-free season by again being voted the best vegetarian-friendly club in the Bundesliga by animal rights group PETA.

Published: 17 May 2011 14:24 CEST
Bayern Munich dominate Bundesliga... for vegetarians
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For the fourth season running, PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has voted Bayern the best team in the German league at serving up tasty meat-free dishes to hungry football fans at their Allianz Arena stadium.

“As in past years, nothing culinary passes the Allianz Arena by,” wrote PETA on its website.

“The menu remains unchanged with chips, pizzas and Bavarian pretzels, as well as baguettes and sweet options on offer, meaning Bayern defend their position at the top of the rankings.”

Having finished third in the Bundesliga, knocked out of both the Champions League and German Cup, PETA’s award will be scant reward for the Bavarians who won the league and cup double the season before.

Champions League semi-finalists Schalke 04 came second in the veggie table, while, as their name might suggest, Hamburger SV finished bottom of the table.

Despite the German’s love for sausages, PETA say the standard of food for non-meat eaters at Bundesliga clubs is high with such delights as vegetarian kebabs and meatless burgers on offer at some league clubs across Germany.

“This ranking clearly shows that the vegetarianism in mainstream society has arrived,” said PETA in a statement.

AFP/mry

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Danish chef wants to launch gourmet dining to stratosphere

Danish chef Rasmus Munk wants to take high-end cuisine to the edge of space, with plans to serve up a stratospheric dining experience in 2025, his restaurant said Thursday.

Published: 14 March 2024 16:38 CET
Danish chef wants to launch gourmet dining to stratosphere

“The expedition will take place aboard Space Perspective Spaceship Neptune, the world’s first carbon-neutral spaceship,” Alchemist, the Copenhagen restaurant that has earned Munk two Michelin stars, said in a statement.

“They will dine as they watch the sunrise over the Earth’s curvature” at an altitude of 100,000 feet (30,000 metres) above sea level, it said.

For $495,000 per ticket, six tourists will embark on a six-hour journey in a pressurised space capsule that will rise into the stratosphere in a hydrogen-filled “SpaceBalloon”.

The 32-year-old chef and self-confessed space enthusiast will be joining the trip.

READ ALSO: World-famous Copenhagen restaurant to close after 2024

Munk promises “dishes inspired by the role of space exploration during the last 60 years of human history, and the impact it has had on our society — both scientifically and philosophically”.

His menu will be restricted only by his inability to cook food over an open flame.

Many of the ingredients will be prepared on the ship from which the capsule is launched, according to Alchemist, which is ranked fifth among the world’s restaurants in 2023 according to the World’s Best 50 Restaurants guide.

In recent decades, Denmark has emerged as a gastronomical powerhouse on terra firma, with the Copenhagen restaurants Noma and Geranium both having held the title of the world’s best restaurant.

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