Diners at a meals van have been handled to a royal shock after they have been served veggie burgers by none apart from the Prince of Wales.

Prince William gave meals to "shell-shocked" diners in central London to assist elevate consciousness of environmentally pleasant winners of the Earthshot Prize.

The future king invited the staff behind fashionable YouTube channel Sorted Food to create, cook dinner and distribute Earthshot burgers utilizing merchandise made by three prize winners from 2022.

Ingredients for the burgers have been grown in a "greenhouse-in-a-box" created by an organization referred to as Kheyti in India, and cooked in a Mukuru clear range, designed in Kenya to cut back air air pollution. They have been served in Notpla biodegradable cartons, created in London.

"Morning everyone - nicely cooked, ready to go," mentioned "Chef" Prince William as he turned spherical to disclose himself within the van to shocked diners.

"So, for those of you who don't know, the Earthshot Prize is there to repair and regenerate the planet," he mentioned. "Everything you see here comes from the winners from last year. So the box you're about to eat in is built (by) a company called Notpla and there's no plastic involved, they've come up with a seaweed coating.

"The elements contained in the burger are grown from a greenhouse in India from an organization referred to as Kheyti, and final however not least the best way we cook dinner them has been on a factor referred to as Mukuru clear stoves, and that's designed by a girl in Kenya who got here up with the idea to cut back air air pollution."

The cooks created a potato-based spicy burger flavoured with garlic, ginger and chilli - with pickled greens, served in a bun.

"My brain took three seconds to buffer," mentioned one of many diners, about seeing Prince William behind the counter. "Am I dreaming? Have I had enough sleep?"

"I was lost for words," mentioned one other.

The video begins with Prince William arriving on the Sorted Food studio to drop off the gadgets produced by among the 2022 Earthshot Prize winners.

Jamie Spafford, co-founder of Sorted Food - identified for selling environmentally pleasant meals options - mentioned: "Being joined at our studio and in the food truck by Prince William was a real 'pinch me' moment.

"Hearing him clarify how passionate he's about serving to the planet and what the Earthshot Prize is doing was extremely inspiring, and has already given us quite a lot of concepts for future initiatives to work on with our group."

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Founded by Prince William and The Royal Foundation in 2020, The Earthshot Prize is a world environmental prize to "discover, accelerate and scale ground-breaking solutions to repair and regenerate the planet".

There are 5 classes nature, air, oceans, waste and local weather, and the primary winners have been introduced in 2021, every receiving £1m to scale up their pioneering initiatives.