Leith Street, Edinburgh, Scotland: City gets its first all-vegan and plastic-free restaurant
The vibrant Scottish city of Edinburgh has got its first-ever vegan and plastic-free restaurant — Erpingham House (erpinghamhouse.com/edinburgh). The new establishment marks the third restaurant in the Erpingham House group, founded by vegan entrepreneur Loui Blake and footballers Declan Rudd and Russell Martin.
The exciting new eatery is to be led by chef Emma Rae, who has a degree in environmental science and specialised in vegan cooking after returning from travels in Southern Asia. She studied raw food in Bali, cooked alongside families in rural India and ran the kitchen of the New York Farmacy pop-up.
Head chef Emma ensures produce is locally and responsiblysourced, believing healthy food should also be delicious and sustainable. You’ll find seasonal favourites bursting with flavour that are kind to you and the planet, predominantly made from Scottish produce.
Erpingham House is centred on a mantra of ‘eat plants and be kind’ and is ‘proud to be free from single use plastics’, also offsetting all their carbon emissions by planting trees.