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Claridge's star chef has been sacked from his £150-a-head restaurant because bosses refuse to allow him to turn the restaurant fully vegan.
Daniel Humm, 45, will leave his post at Davies and Brook at the end of December following tense talks with the five-star hotel's management.
The vegan chef wanted to create a fully plant-based kitchen at the hotel's fine-dining restaurant.
But bosses said 'this is not the path we wish to follow here at Claridge's at the moment' in a statement posted to Twitter.
The hotel and Mr Humm have 'mutually' decided to part ways as the US-born chef aims to bring a 'bold new vision' of fully plant-based eating to London.
The statement added: 'We wish to thank Daniel Humm and his extraordinary team at Davies and Brook for what they have created here at Claridge's since they opened in 2019, gaining accolades along the way under challenging circumstances.
Daniel Humm (pictured), 45, will leave his post at Davies and Brook at the end of December following tense talks with the five-star hotel's management
'We completely respect and understand the culinary direction of a fully
