Blundering Pizza Hut served meat to a vegetarian man in a "shocking" restaurant mix-up
Abhishek Bhartiya, 30, had never eaten meat in his life as he is a devout Hindu
He ordered the buffet option, suitable for vegetarians, at a Pizza Hut branch with his wife Prerna Goel on Sunday
But the pizza was in fact was a beef one. It left the software engineer furious and upset, the Nottingham Post says
"I am very troubled by the fact I ate beef. It is the very sentiment of my religion not to eat beef as we worship cows," he said
"I had never eaten meat in my life until this moment and it has left me very upset
It is shocking that this could have happened." Read More Takeaway app Deliveroo wants to pay you to go to festivals and eat food The couple, of St Ann's, Nottingham, told a member of staff straight away and felt so upset by the incident that they decided they could not eat there any more and had to leave
The pair claim they asked staff about what they could eat and were told all pizza with a green handle was vegetarian
Abhishek picked a pizza beside a green handle from the selection at the restaurant, in Nottingham city centre
And they claim they were still charged the full price for their meal and not offered a refund
Abhishek, who has no children with his spouse, added: "I couldn't bring myself to eat anything else for the rest of the day
"I can see that the handles must have been switched accidentally but they told me so convincingly that the green handles were all vegatebles
"I want other people to know that they should be more aware as this system clearly isn't 100% perfect
"I wouldn't want this to happen to anyone else." Read More Vegan McDonald's customer who complained about veggie wrap 'told to kill herself' by trolls A Pizza Hut Restaurants spokeswoman said the company was aware of the incident and apologised for the inconvenience caused to the couple
She said: "We are aware of an incident that took place at our restaurant in Nottingham and are sorry for any inconvenience caused; we're in direct contact with the customers involved
"On our buffet station, we separate our vegetarian pizzas and meat pizzas and also use colour-coded spatulas to make it as clear as possible
"Our staff regularly check our buffet station, but in this instance a green spatula indicating a vegetarian pizza had been moved
"All of our staff receive specialist training and our nutritional information is available in a printed book in each of our restaurants and online
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