Animal Rebellion campaigners have been thrown out of Heston Blumenthal’s restaurant in London’s Knightsbridge.

The protesters said the restaurant had been targeted because it is “symbolic of the broken system”.

Group member Ben Thomas, 20, said: “These restaurants charge extortionate prices for animal products which are really harmful to the environment and the climate and just cater for the 1%.”

Mr Thomas, a student, said he had been among eight protesters who sat down at tables in the restaurant – called Dinner – on Saturday night, aiming to “occupy” the venue.

He said some of the group’s members were removed from the building, heckled with shouts of “grow up”, as they were carried out.

The removal was “very rough and really heavy-handed”, he said, adding: “We were removed very quickly, the staff were incredibly rough with us”.

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“I was taken down the stairs by one person who literally dragged me down the stairs, scraping across the floor.

“They were tougher than how the police would deal with us.

“There was a member of the public who threatened us.”

The Animal Rebellion group earlier targeted the Michelin-starred House of Tides in Newcastle, warning of more action in the coming weeks.

Previous protests have targeted Salt Bae’s Knightsbridge steakhouse Nusr-Et and Gordon Ramsay’s three-star Michelin restaurant in Chelsea.

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