Why Vegan Fine Dining Matters to Us at Pied à Terre
- David Moore
- Aug 12, 2025
- 2 min read
Redefining Fine Dining with Inspired Plant-Based Creations
At Pied à Terre, we’ve always pushed the boundaries of what fine dining can be – and that includes our approach to plant-based cuisine. I’m genuinely excited about the creativity and flavour our chef team bring to the table, especially when working with vegetables, legumes, grains and fruit. While we’re not an entirely vegan restaurant, we treat plant-based dishes with the same respect, skill and love as everything else that leaves our kitchen.
For me, it’s not about ticking dietary boxes – it’s about giving everyone who walks through our doors a remarkable culinary experience, regardless of their food preferences.
Fine dining is about pleasure, discovery, and sometimes even surprise. And plant-based food? It’s a playground of flavour, colour, and texture – if you approach it with the right mindset.
At Pied à Terre, we treat our vegan-friendly offerings with the same precision and attention to detail as any other dish. It’s never about swapping things out or compromising – it’s about asking, “What can we do with these ingredients to make something truly extraordinary?”
Our Signature Plant-Based Dish
If you haven’t tried it yet, our Grilled Maitake Mushroom, Aubergine Caviar, King Oyster Mushroom and Vin Jaune Sauce is really something special. We temper and barbecue the Maitake mushroom, then serve it on a bed of aubergine caviar, topped with batons of king oyster mushrooms and a dusting of dehydrated mushroom powder. It’s finished with a rich vegan, mushroom and Vin Jaune foam to bring it all together. It’s plant-based, yes, but it’s also just seriously delicious.
Get Stuck In: Vegan Masterclasses with Me
Running our plant-based/vegan cookery class is one of the most enjoyable things I do. These aren’t lectures – they’re relaxed, hands-on sessions where we laugh, learn, cook together a sumptuous and delicious vegan meal in our first floor cookery school. In one recent class, we whipped up a cashew dip, a cauliflower and orange soup, papoutsakia with a spicy chickpea casserole on the side for the main, and finished with chocolate mousse and madeleines. Then the ultimate pleasure for me, is to serve you all the dishes you have helped make –
You all sit family style and enjoy the fruits of our labour, the gift that keeps on giving. You don’t need any experience, just curiosity and a love of food.
Tip Top.
David Moore, Founder and Owner of Pied à Terre.
Watching the chef subtly combine Maitake mushrooms, oyster mushrooms, and Vin Jaune sauce is like playing Quordle: each layer of flavor is a surprising "crossword puzzle," requiring patience and clever thinking to decipher. But when all the pieces come together perfectly, the reward is a complete and explosive culinary experience.
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This is a really appealing concept—especially the “learn by doing” approach rather than just watching or listening. I’m curious how you adapt the class for complete beginners, and whether participants get to choose any variations in the dishes. The menu sounds delicious, particularly the snake cashew dip and madeleines.