Eleven Madison Park to Reopen as Plant-Based Restaurant

Chef Daniel Humm has announced that Eleven Madison Park will reopen on 10 June, and the former number one restaurant on the World’s 50 Best  Restaurants list is to serve a fully plant-based menu.

In an Instagram post, Humm announced the big news, however his rationale for ditching meat and going fully plant-based is perfectly understandable. The Swiss chef was unsure if the lauded New York eatery would even have a future a year ago, when the restaurant had to close its doors and let go most of its staff.

Now the restaurant is ready to welcome back diners in a whole new way. Humm arrived at the decision after spending much of the lockdown working with his non-profit Rethink Food, to serve over a million meals to New York’s hungry. It lead him on his own journey to rethink food and when EMP opens up there will be a new business model, one that will see five meals served to those in need for every dinner purchased by EMP’s customers.  It’s part of a circular economy that involves the diners, the restaurant and the suppliers.