According to the United Nations Environment Program, over one billion tonnes of food is wasted every year, contributing to up to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Chefs have the power to change perceptions around food waste, and show that the food we throw away can be used to create delicious meals, not only helping the environment but also helping to tackle hunger.
This is the basis of the Why Waste? series, produced by Fine Dining Lovers in collaboration with chef Massimo Bottura of the three-Michelin-starred Osteria Francescana restaurant in Modena, Italy, and the Food for Soul non-profit, which works to transform surplus food into meals for the needy.
The second season of Why Waste? sees Bottura challenge his world-renowned chef friends César Troisgros, Dominique Crenn and Sat Bains to get creative with food waste, devising new dishes from vegetable scraps, overripe fruit and stale bread. If you haven’t already, watch all the episodes now.
To accompany the series, we’ve created a cookbook featuring all the recipes from the show, as well as recipes from the young chefs of the S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy, a culinary initiative that seeks to nurture the next generation of game-changing talent, with sustainability a key pillar of its manifesto.
Download the Why Waste? Cookbook Vol. 1 below and learn to love your leftovers.
This article was updated on 09/18/2024.
