--- title: Chef Drops Foie Gras From Menu After Vegan Death Threats description: Vegan activists threatened a restaurant in the United Kingdom over the inclusion of foie gras on a special tasting menu canonical: https://time.com/4219601/chef-foie-gras-vegan-death-threats/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-12T17:51:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:02:40.468Z article:section: World og:title: Chef Drops Foie Gras From Menu After Vegan Death Threats og:description: Vegan activists threatened a restaurant in the United Kingdom over the inclusion of foie gras on a special tasting menu og:url: https://time.com/4219601/chef-foie-gras-vegan-death-threats/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55f47c6089160596/69887d78196cf4607d03a510/453907945.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: FRANCE-AGRICULTURE-ANIMAL-GASTRONOMY og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chef Drops Foie Gras From Menu After Vegan Death Threats twitter:description: Vegan activists threatened a restaurant in the United Kingdom over the inclusion of foie gras on a special tasting menu twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55f47c6089160596/69887d78196cf4607d03a510/453907945.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chef Drops Foie Gras From Menu After Vegan Death Threats by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Feb 12, 2016 5:51 PM CUT  A photo taken on November 26, 2013 show ducks on the production line of a foie gras (duck livers) manufactory owned by Pierre and Philippe Perez in Saint-Michel, eastern France. REMY GABALDA—AFP/Getty Images A photo taken on November 26, 2013 show ducks on the production line of a foie gras (duck livers) manufactory owned by Pierre and Philippe Perez in Saint-Michel, eastern France. REMY GABALDA—AFP/Getty ImagesREMY GABALDA—AFP/Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Feb 12, 2016 5:51 PM CUT A chef in the United Kingdom is backing away from including [foie gras on a Valentine’s Day menu ](http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/feb/12/chef-drops-foie-gras-valentines-menu-death-threats?CMP=twt%5Fgu "undefined")after receiving death threats from vegan activists. The chef at [Kings Arms at Fleggburgh ](https://www.facebook.com/thekingsarmsfleggburgh "undefined")opted out of serving the decadent dish during Valentine’s Day dinner this weekend after being subjected to “harassment” by activists who threatened to protest the menu, the _Guardian_ reports. Foie gras is traditionally made by force feeding geese until their liver becomes enlarged. Mark Dixon, an award winning chef, posted the Valentine’s Day menu on Facebook in January. For 50 pounds per person, diners could indulge in a specialty tasting menu that included vodka cured salmon and grilled halibut. Also on the menu, foie gras and chicken liver parfait which drew the ire of activists. Soon after the menu was posted, the restaurant was reportedly bombarded with phone calls, threats, and fake reservations. “We have listened to every opinion but when people go as far as ringing our staff, constantly, calling them murderers and death threats we class this as harassment and also inhumane to humans on the vegans behalf, and completely disgusting and unacceptable,” reads a [Kings Arms Facebook post](https://www.facebook.com/thekingsarmsfleggburgh "undefined"). “To stop this unfair behaviour on our staff we have decided to remove the Foie Gras from the menu and apologise to all of our customers who enjoy our parfait dish.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4219601/chef-foie-gras-vegan-death-threats/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4219601/chef-foie-gras-vegan-death-threats/"},"headline":"Chef Drops Foie Gras From Menu After Vegan Death Threats","datePublished":"2016-02-12T17:51:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:02:40.468Z","description":"Vegan activists threatened a restaurant in the United Kingdom over its Valentine's Day menu","url":"https://time.com/4219601/chef-foie-gras-vegan-death-threats/","keywords":["Valentine's Day","Vegan","uk","activists","United Kingdom"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55f47c6089160596/69887d78196cf4607d03a510/453907945.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55f47c6089160596/69887d78196cf4607d03a510/453907945.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FRANCE-AGRICULTURE-ANIMAL-GASTRONOMY","caption":"FRANCE-AGRICULTURE-ANIMAL-GASTRONOMY","creditText":"REMY GABALDA—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4219601/chef-foie-gras-vegan-death-threats/","name":"Chef Drops Foie Gras From Menu After Vegan Death Threats"}}]}] ```