A spokesperson for Battersea Power Station Development Company (BPSDC) confirmed to Restaurant that Clean Kitchen’s trading agreement was terminated at the end of November.
“After various conversations with Clean Kitchen regarding breaches of their lease, the company’s trading agreement was terminated at the end of November 2024,” the spokesperson said.
“Battersea Power Station Development Company was an early supporter of the restaurant chain, which was one of the first retailers to open inside the London landmark, and its aim to make plant-based fast food mainstream.”
The restaurant was the final site in Clean Kitchen Club’s estate that continued to operate, and it is understood that the group has now ceased trading.
Clean Kitchen Club’s website is no longer accessible, and its Instagram page has not been updated since July 2024.
Restaurant has reached out to Clean Kitchen Club for comment.
The business was founded by Mikey Pearce and Verity Bowditch and started out life as a delivery-only brand in 2020 before moving into bricks and mortar in 2021.
The group’s estate subsequently fluctuated in size and previously included sites in Notting Hill, Wembley and Camden.
In April last year it was announced that Clean Kitchen was to begin adding animal products to its menu, which was described by Pearce at the time as being a ‘business decision’ made to ‘protect jobs and protect the company’.
However, the move led to Bowditch leaving the group.
In November last year, BrewDog co-founder James Watt revealed he lost £150,000 through an investment in Clean Kitchen Club.
Writing on LinkedIn, he said he lost ‘every single penny’ of his investment into Clean Kitchen, describing it as ‘the single largest sum he’s ever lost on a single investment’.
“I love investing in very early-stage companies, which inevitably means that some of them don’t quite make it,” Watt said.
“Without being comfortable with the real possibility that you might sometimes lose your money, it is hard to back the eventual winners.
“Back in 2020 I invested £150,000 into a business called Clean Kitchen. Unfortunately, the business did not quite make it, and I lost every single penny of my investment.
“This loss remains, the single largest sum that I have ever lost on a single investment.”
