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PHP Fatal error: Uncaught mysqli_sql_exception: Table doesn’t exist in wordpress/wp-includes/wp-db.php

I am writing a plugin and want to create a database table when the user installs / activates it I have written the following into an install.php

global $wpdb; 
$fm_db_version = '1.0.0';
$db_table_name = $wpdb->prefix . 'food_menu';  // table name
$charset_collate = $wpdb->get_charset_collate();

//Check to see if the table exists already, if not, then create it
if($wpdb->get_var( "show tables like '$db_table_name'" ) != $db_table_name ) 
{
    $sql = "CREATE TABLE $db_table_name (
        id int(11) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
        item_title varchar(150) NOT NULL,
        item_description text NOT NULL,
        item_price decimal(10,2) NOT NULL,
        item_section enum('brunch','lunch','dinner','drinks','nye','easter') DEFAULT 'brunch',
        item_tags text DEFAULT NULL,
        item_image int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
        is_vegan bigint DEFAULT '0',
        is_vegetarian bigint DEFAULT '0',
        is_gluten_free bigint DEFAULT '0',
        is_dairy_free bigint DEFAULT '0',
        has_nuts bigint DEFAULT '0',
        item_date datetime DEFAULT NULL,
        PRIMARY KEY  (id)
    ) $charset_collate;";

    require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php' );
    dbDelta( $sql );
    add_option( 'food_menu_version', $fm_db_version );
}

And in my plugin file I have added this

// Install the Plugin's Data Table
function install() { include dirname(__FILE__) . '/install.php'; }
register_activation_hook(__file__, 'install');

// unInstall the Plugin's Data Table
function uninstall() { include dirname(__FILE__) . '/uninstall.php'; }
register_uninstall_hook( __FILE__, 'uninstall' );

require_once(plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ).'includes/fm-scripts.php');

add_action( 'init', function() {

    include dirname(__FILE__) . '/includes/class-foodmenuadminmenu.php';
    include dirname(__FILE__) . '/includes/class-foodmenu-list-table.php';
    include dirname(__FILE__) . '/includes/class-form-handler.php';
    include dirname(__FILE__) . '/includes/shortcode-functions-fm-display.php';
    include dirname(__FILE__) . '/includes/item-functions.php';

    new foodMenuAdminMenu();

});

When I try and activate I get the following error (I have removed full file paths for security)

Fatal error: Uncaught mysqli_sql_exception: Table 'wordpress.wp_food_menu' doesn't exist in /wordpress/wp-includes/wp-db.php:2056 
Stack trace:  
    #0 /wordpress/wp-includes/wp-db.php(2056): mysqli_query(Object(mysqli), 'DESCRIBE wp_foo...') 
    #1 /wordpress/wp-includes/wp-db.php(1945): wpdb->_do_query('DESCRIBE wp_foo...') 
    #2 /wordpress/wp-includes/wp-db.php(2695): wpdb->query('DESCRIBE wp_foo...') 
    #3 /wordpress/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php(2749): wpdb->get_results('DESCRIBE wp_foo...') 
    #4 /wordpress/wp-content/plugins/food-menu/install.php(28): dbDelta(Array) 
    #5 /wordpress/wp-content/plugins/food-menu/food-menu.php(14): include('/FilePath/User/P...') 
    #6 /wordpress/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(303): install('') 
    #7 /wordpress/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(327): WP_Hook->apply_filters('', Array) 
    #8 /wordpress/wp-includes/plugin.php(470): WP_Hook->do_action(Array) 
    #9 /wordpress/wp-admin/plugins.php(193): do_action('activate_food-m...') 
    #10 {main} thrown in /wordpress/wp-includes/wp-db.php on line 2056

I am conscious that there may be similar questions to the above but those I have read do not provide an explanation / solution to this specific issue that I can see.

To be clear there isn’t the table in the DB at the time of activating / installing the plugin as this is what I want to happen.

UPDATED to show full plugin file