London is getting a new restaurant where absolutely nothing is wasted

an image of two wine glasses with orange wine on a marble table with two business cards in front of them — (Image credit: La Poubelle)

We’re definitely all a bit guilty of leaving a chunk of food on our plates and scraping leftovers into the bin. Unless you live with a Labrador or a human equivalent, chances are there are lots of random scraps of food – mainly rotting veg ends – that end up in the bin. London’s latest foodie offering is attempting to change that.

Catchily named La Poubelle, which anyone who suffered through French GCSE will remember means ‘the bin’, the restaurant is aiming to reimagine food waste. Opening up in Shoreditch (where else) in Spring 2026, the restaurant is not the brainchild of a chef with a burning distaste for climate change but the instant hot water taps and food waste disposer company InSinkErator.

an image of a tasting menu at la poubelle

Offering nose-to-tail and root-to-stem dining, La Poubelle is putting on a seven-course tasting menu which will combine classic French cooking with a no food waste philosophy, turning it into a fine dining experience.

Currently, further details are pretty sparse, including an exact opening date and location, but we know that the experience will cost £149 per person, which will include wine pairings. We’re not sure what sort of dishes will be made in the restaurant, but you can sign up via their website to be the first to hear updates.

They’re not the first London restaurant to attempt to adopt a zero-waste approach, with Hackney’s SILO being the first. Other sites which have been championing sustainability alongside serving up seriously delicious food include the likes of Plates, the UK’s first plant-based Michelin-starred restaurant, Fallow in St James’s, Petersham Nurseries restaurant, and Jikoni – which just announced a sister site at the new V&A museum.

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Hermione Blandford is the Content Editor for Shortlist’s social media which means you can usually find her scrolling through Instagram and calling it work, or stopping random people in the street and accosting them with a mini mic. She has previously worked in food and drink PR for brands including Johnnie Walker, Tanqueray, Gordon's, The Singleton, Lagavulin and Don Julio which means she is a self confessed expert in spicy margaritas and pints, regularly popping into the pub in the name of research.

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