Issy-les-Moulineaux, November 15, 2023
In line with its ambition to become the global leader in sustainable food and quality experiences, Sodexo organized the second edition of its
Sustainable Chef Challenge
an annual international culinary competition to design and promote tasty, low-carbon creations.
THE
Sustainable Chef Challenge
is one of the many initiatives that Sodexo is deploying to celebrate the virtues of sustainable and healthy eating. It is in this spirit that Sodexo is increasingly using new ingredients and working to design plant-based recipes to ensure that 70% of its main dishes can be labeled “low carbon” by 2030.
For the second year in a row, Sodexo brought together 7 talented Chefs from around the world to participate in the
Sustainable Chef Challenge
organized on November 15 in Landsberg am Lech, Germany, in partnership with Rational AG, Eaternity and WWF.
The Chefs were evaluated on their ability to offer two sustainable dishes based on four fundamental criteria
:
Promote plant-based and sustainable meals
Promote taste, nutrition, health and well-being
Sourcing responsibly
Avoid food waste
During the event, the Chefs amply demonstrated their expertise and passion. Faced with a panel of experts, including three-star Michelin German Chef Thomas Bühner, two Chefs stood out:
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Chef Sharon McConnell (Northern Ireland) with her “Celeriac steak with pistachio crust” and her “Vegan chocolate mousse with dates and walnuts”.
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Chef Ricardo Machado (Brazil) with his “Medallion of banana peel sautéed with sweet potatoes” and his “Banana and coconut puree”.
They received the Grand Prize for Culinary Experience for this tasty and sustainable cooking demonstration.
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Today, sustainable and responsible development is at the heart of the expectations of our customers and consumers. For Sodexo, this means constantly innovating to improve their experience, support our employees and accelerate our virtuous contribution to the environment.
» Alexandra Serizay, Director of Strategy and Services Innovation of the Sodexo Group.
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The Sustainable Chef Challenge is a true illustration of Sodexo’s ambition to drive change towards sustainable and tasty food. We aspire to offer our consumers meals that are both desirable and have a low environmental impact. With an expanded plant offering, Sodexo also directly contributes to our clients’ sustainable development objectives.
» Anna Notarianni, Impact Director of the Sodexo Group.
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We are very grateful to have had the opportunity to work with such talented people, united by a common goal: to pave the way for environmentally friendly and tasty food
», Sharon McConnell & Ricardo Machado, winners of the 2023 edition of the
Sustainable Chef Challenge
.
About Sodexo
Created in 1966 in Marseille by Pierre Bellon, Sodexo is the world leader in sustainable food and quality experiences, at all moments of life: education, work, care and entertainment. The Group is distinguished by its independence , its controlling family shareholding and its responsible growth model. Its portfolio of activities includes, on the one hand, Sodexo Catering and Facilities Management services and, on the other hand, Pluxee employee benefits solutions, an activity for which the Group has announced a spin-off project. and listing in early 2024. This diversified offering responds to all the challenges of daily life with a dual objective: to improve the quality of life of our employees and all those we serve, and to contribute to economic and social development as well as the protection of the environment in the territories where we operate. Providing a better daily life for everyone to build a better life for all is our reason for being.
Sodexo is a member of the CAC Next 20, CAC 40 ESG, CAC SBT 1.5, FTSE 4 Good and DJSI indices.
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