Massimo Bottura food for soul
26 images Created 20 Oct 2016
The italian chef Massimo Bottura has recently been nominee as the best chef in the world with his Osteria Francescana in Modena. But his dedication doesn't end up in the kitchen.
The 53 years old chef has always been engaged against manipulation and wastage of food, and in 2015, during the Expo in Milan , he founded “soul for food”, a non-profit organization with the goal of promoting social awareness about foot wastage and hunger throw a wide range of initiatives in collaboration with chef from all around the world ( such as Ferran Adrià, Alain Ducasse o Joan Roca), artisans, food suppliers, designers ans institutions. In concrete terms the first project starts with refettorio Ambrosiano.
The catholic church donated Teatro Greco, an abandoned theatre from the 1930s in the outskirt of Milan, and after a 6-month renovation guided by Pavilion Zero director Davide Rampello and Massimo Bottura, it became a light-filled space equipped with a professional kitchen and an ample room for 96 guests.
During the 5 months of Expo, 15 tons of food waste were transformed into delicious, healthy and seasonal meals that provided lunch for neighboring children and evening meals for the numerous homeless shelters in the area.
Since then the refettorio continue with his mission and all the meals are strictly cooked with daily supply of supermarket waste. So basically the menu depend on the ingredients available of the day.
This is just the beginning and it continues with a refettorio in Bologna, Rio and the next one will be in Turin.
The 53 years old chef has always been engaged against manipulation and wastage of food, and in 2015, during the Expo in Milan , he founded “soul for food”, a non-profit organization with the goal of promoting social awareness about foot wastage and hunger throw a wide range of initiatives in collaboration with chef from all around the world ( such as Ferran Adrià, Alain Ducasse o Joan Roca), artisans, food suppliers, designers ans institutions. In concrete terms the first project starts with refettorio Ambrosiano.
The catholic church donated Teatro Greco, an abandoned theatre from the 1930s in the outskirt of Milan, and after a 6-month renovation guided by Pavilion Zero director Davide Rampello and Massimo Bottura, it became a light-filled space equipped with a professional kitchen and an ample room for 96 guests.
During the 5 months of Expo, 15 tons of food waste were transformed into delicious, healthy and seasonal meals that provided lunch for neighboring children and evening meals for the numerous homeless shelters in the area.
Since then the refettorio continue with his mission and all the meals are strictly cooked with daily supply of supermarket waste. So basically the menu depend on the ingredients available of the day.
This is just the beginning and it continues with a refettorio in Bologna, Rio and the next one will be in Turin.
