Douglas McMaster, the chef behind hyper-sustainable restaurant Silo, has been dishing up invasive species corresponding to crayfish, gray squirrel and Japanese knotweed for a number of years now, whereas Crayfish Bob has been serving his namesake at pop-ups in Peckham and Tom Aitkens championed muntjac deer at his restaurant, Muse, throughout 2023. In 2024, it’s not going anyplace, with cooks together with Jack Stein of Rick Stein Eating places, and Peter Weeden, govt chef of The Culpeper Group, amongst only a few expressing pleasure on the prospect of together with the pests on menus not just because they’re sustainable, however as a result of they’re scrumptious, too.