--- title: "For the First Time, a Restaurant Is Serving Actual Lab-Grown Meat" description: "A restaurant in Singapore just became the first in the world to serve a \"chicken nugget\" made of lab-grown chicken meat made by US-based startup Eat Just." date: "2020-12-21" modified: "2020-12-21" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/first-time-restaurant-serving-lab-grown-meat" categories: - "Science & Energy" tags: - "lab grown meat" - "singapore" - "the digest" --- # For the First Time, a Restaurant Is Serving Actual Lab-Grown Meat ![A restaurant in Singapore just became the first in the world to serve a "chicken nugget" made of lab-grown chicken meat made by US-based startup Eat Just.]() *\Image: Eat Just\* ## Meat Cells A restaurant in Singapore just became the first in the world to serve entrees made of lab-grown meat, as [*Agence France-Presse* reports](). The meat, created by US-based startup Eat Just from chicken cells, was [approved for sale]() in the Southeast Asian city-state earlier this month. Just [announced]() the first sale of its lab-grown chicken product to 1880, a swank restaurant in Singapore's entertainment center. The product was first served to a "group of inspiring young people committed to building a better planet," as per the press release. "I'm speechless," an 11-year-old guest said, according to the statement, adding that "it will save a lot of animals' lives and it will be a lot more sustainable." ## Eat Just Unlike plant-based meats — anything from veggie burgers to Beyond Meat — Eat Just’s chicken bites are grown in the form of cells inside bioreactors, where they’re combined with other plant-based ingredients. As of right now, the meat is still substantially more expensive than the real thing. But the startup is hoping to scale up their production considerably with the goal of having it become cheaper than actual chicken meat in the future. "We’re going to start out with a single restaurant and then scale out to five, 10, 15 and then eventually into retail," Eat Just CEO Josh Tetrick said in an interview earlier this month, as [quoted by *CNBC*](). **READ MORE:** [Lab-grown meat to make historic debut at Singapore restaurant]() \[*AFP*\] **More on Eat Just:** *[Lab-Grown Meat Is Officially Going on Sale, for the First Time Ever]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()