VEGANS will be able to get their hands on a 3D-printed steak at a restaurant just outside Worcester.
VGN Boulevard in Stourbridge is offering a new range of 3D-printed steaks, which don't contain meat.
The unique steaks are made with a mixture of soy, chickpeas, beetroot, nutritional yeast, coconut fat, and pea protein.
Customers can get their hands on the steak every Thursday on a special Steak Night with options of flank, striploin, and tenderloin up for grabs.
The 3D printer mixes the ingredients together and prints the steak on an adhesive bed one layer at a time in order to create a steak-shaped piece of food.
Ben Powell, who owns the restaurants with his wife Nicola, said: "Five years ago, I wouldn't have believed you if you told me we would be selling 3D-printed meat at the pub.
He said: "It is crazy and really cool and I don't think there is anything better than this.
"At the moment this is years ahead of anything else.
The technology manages to replicate the texture of a real steak and Mr Powell said: "I used to eat meat 10 years ago, so just going from memory, it is the closest thing we will get to a vegan steak in 2023."
Customers will be able to get their hands on a 5oz flank for 24.95, the striploin is £26.95 and the 10oz tenderloin is up for grabs at £34.35.
Although the restaurant is about an hour's drive from Worcester, Mr Powell said people travel from Worcester to try their food all the time.
Mr Powell has had his eyes on 3D-printed meat for about a year and contacted an Israeli company called Redefine Meat, which would only work with high-end restaurants such as Marco Pierre White Steakhouse.
Mr Powell said: "They agreed to work with us after hearing our story and learning more about what we do."
And Mr Powell managed to get his hands on the vegan grub a year after he initially got in contact with the company.
He said: "We could've been the first place in the world to serve 3D-printed steak, I wish we were.
"I'll never forget when I saw an article about it in The Guardian and I thought - I want that."
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