One of the projects that has attracted attention to food waste in recent years is the Food for Soul project of Italian chef Massimo Bottura. The restaurant leg of the project called Refettorio, in which hundreds of chefs and volunteers have been involved since 2015, was opened in London this summer after Milan and Rio. America is next, then Germany. The project does not just focus on food waste, it also includes a restaurant designed to feed the homeless and make them feel good.
The book of the first Refettorio in Milan, “Bread is Gold” has been published in recent weeks. The theme of Expo Milan in 2015 was “Feeding the Planet and Energy for Life”. Refettorio Ambrosiano, which opened during the Expo, still serves the homeless, but two years ago it hosted a different chef every week during the Expo. Among the guest chefs were legends such as Alain Ducasse, Alex Atala, Rene Redzepi and Mauro Colagreco. Each of them designed brand new dishes with the ingredients left over from the stands at Expo that day.
