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Squatters with plastic Aldi bags over their heads have been pictured receiving a delivery of noodles at Gordon Ramsay's empty £13million gastropub.
The Camden Art Cafe, a self-styled 'autonomous' group of radical activists, took over the celebrity chef's former York & Albany pub in north London last week in what they claimed was a legal occupation of the building.
The group were yesterday served papers by Ramsay forcing them to 'cancel' their plans to turn his pub into a soup kitchen, which they said they were running from the Camden eatery.
Meanwhile, a massive clean-up operation is underway after squatters invaded celebrity chef Marco Pierre White's former restaurant in the heart of London's Leicester Square.
One local businessman claimed owners could face a £100,000 bill after the empty Mr White's Steak, Pizza & Gin House restaurant was occupied by activists who threw a party for up to 400 people there at the weekend.
It is believed the occupiers are part of the same Camden Art Cafe group that took over Ramsay's empty gastropub.
Squatters put up identical 'legal warning' signs in the two empty premises - claiming it was a criminal offence to enter the buildings without their permission.
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A squatter receives a delivery of noodles at the York & Albany pub near Regent's Park, London
A squatter with a bag over his head has a drink outside Gordon Ramsay's York & Albany pub
Squatters fiddling with the gate at the York & Albany pub in London
The Camden Art Cafe took over Ramsay's former York & Albany pub in north London last week
A squatter with a bag over his head has a drink outside the York & Albany pub
A squatter with a bag over his head has a drink outside Gordon Ramsay's former pub
A squatter receives a delivery of noodles at the York & Albany pub in north London
A squatter with a bag over his head has a drink outside the York & Albany pub near Regent's Park
A squatter hides his face with a hat and newspaper outside the York & Albany pub
A squatter with a bag over his head has a drink outside the York & Albany pub
Gordon Ramsay's The York & Albany pub near Regent's Park, London
Squatters at Ramsay's former pub have even been calling themselves Gordon in an 'I Am Spartacus-style' attempt to protect their identities.
Local traders told how police moved in to kick the occupiers out during a rowdy party that was held at White's Leicester Square restaurant - which saw organisers shamelessly charge people to enter.
Today the London building has been secured again with workers carrying out repairs inside.
The squatters' 'legal notice' has been torn down and sheets of paper have been put on the doors to shield debris left behind in the wake of the occupation.
The four storey white-fronted building was also left with graffiti scrawled over the walls and windows.
One local shop owner, who asked not to be named, told MailOnline: 'The property was empty, a new tenant was about to move in but they broke in and they then put signs up saying that the law is on their side and you can't get them out.
'They had a big party on Saturday night where they said there were 400 people here.
'The people who were occupying the building were even charging people to get in - it's unbelievable what they get away with.
'Once they are in there they do anything they want. They come in and they wreck the property inside. 'There is graffiti all over the walls. The owners could have a bill for £100,000 or more to repair all the damage inside and pay for lawyers
Squatters are seen walking towards the camera at Ramsay's former The York & Albany pub
A squatter fiddles with the gate outside Ramsay's former gastropub, which was empty until squatters invaded
Squatters seen the The York & Albany pub in Camden, north London, today
The pub was taken over by squatters earlier this month who said they wanted to turn it into a soup kitchen
Squatters seen at the The York & Albany pub in Camden, north London
Boxes of potatoes outside the York & Albany pub near Regent's Park, London
A boarded up entrance to Marco Pierre White's former restaurant, Mr Whites, in Leicester Square, central London
The site of Marco Pierre White's former restaurant, Mr Whites, in Leicester Square, central London
The site of Marco Pierre White's former restaurant, Mr Whites, in Leicester Square, central London
Squatters have taken over the Gordon Ramsay pub which has a guide price of £13million
The group locked themselves inside the Grade II-listed hotel and gastropub situated just outside Regent's Park last week
The York & Albany pub near Regent's Park, London
'Sometimes the owners even have to pay the people to agree to get out, like blackmail.
'It's just not right. It should be stopped. The law needs to change so that it does not work in the favour of these people.
'They went too far this time and the police were able to get them out and the property was secured but this is unacceptable.
'The tenants will be paying £600,000-a-year rates on that property alone that goes to the council.
'People are having to pay for private security because the police don't do anything.'
A local street cleaner said: 'The people that were in there are all gone. The building has been taken over again by the owners.
'On Saturday night it was crazy. They got in through the back alleyway and went up some stairs to get into the building.
'The police came in and emptied everyone out.The following morning I came to start work at 6am and it was quiet again.'
The entrance to Marco Pierre White's former restaurant, Mr Whites, in Leicester Square
The site of Marco Pierre White's former restaurant, Mr Whites, in Leicester Square
A padlock and chain on the doors of Marco Pierre White's former restaurant, Mr Whites, in Leicester Square
Graffiti is seen on the walls of Marco Pierre White's former restaurant, Mr Whites
Boards on the doors of Marco Pierre White's former restaurant, Mr Whites, in Leicester Square
It is understood the squatters arrived last week and occupied the restaurant which had been one of the biggest eateries in the West End.
The 14,500sq ft venue opened in late 2021 at a former Chiquito site and was billed as the TV chef's first return to the West End in a decade.
It was run by Black & White Hospitality, the company Mr White set up with entrepreneur Nick Taplin, but suddenly closed its doors in February.
The popular restaurant - which sold £20 cuts of steak, £15 bowls of pasta and salads for £8.50 - had undergone a £1.5million refurbishment before it closed earlier this year.
Squatters have recently targeted million-pound restaurants owned by celebrity chefs in some of London's most exclusive neighbourhoods.
Yesterday Ramsay, a former protégé of Mr White, served papers to evict activists who had taken over his £13 million York & Albany boutique hotel and gastropub in Regent's Park and tried to turn it into a homeless soup kitchen.
Mr Whites restaurant in London's Leicester Square owned by Marco Pierre White is believed to have been taken over by squatters (pictured)
The doors have been padlocked by squatters (pictured)
A sign placed on the former restaurant by activists reiterating their squatters rights (pictured)
Two masked squatters fleeing from Gordon Ramsay's restaurant in Camden on Sunday
Marco Pierre White was awarded three Michelin stars in 1995 at the age of 33 after opening Harveys in Wandsworth in 1987 and later trained Gordon Ramsay
Mr White's flagship restaurant in Leicester Square closed at the start
