It would be difficult to accurately measure the amount of food wasted every day in restaurants and hotels around the world. But one caring and compassionate chef has found a way to make sure the leftovers from his hotel are sent to animal shelters.
Motivated by the desire to make better use of valuable kitchen waste, Chef J Gourmet and his team at the five-star Fairmont in Hotel in Abu Dhabi have come up with a plan, called Doggy Bag Initiative, to offer these leftovers to four-legged friends in need of a good meal. He is also calling on other hotels to join the Fairmont in this awesome initiative.
Thanks to a collaboration with Animal Action EAU, leftover brunch is now food for well-deserving animals. The leftovers are separated and packaged in the hotel kitchen and then delivered to the Cloud9 Pet Hotel and Care.
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The BCG estimates that 2.3 billion tons of food will be lost or thrown away. this is equivalent to 73 tons of food per second.
Chef Gourmet said that they carefully choose the ingredients that are safe to give the shelters.
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They limit the choices to rice, vegetables, fish, meat, and bread for animals. Cheese, sauces, spices, and desserts are not allowed. The leftovers are cut and packaged in the same kitchen and then taken to the animal shelters.
They Deliver the food to the local “Cloud 9” pet hotel and wait to see if the stray animals will eat it.
The initiative has been a huge success. Chef Gourmet added:
“We want more hotels and restaurants to join us in the fight against throwing away leftovers so that they don’t become rubbish but food for other creatures.”
The hotel has pledged to continue to send leftovers for the strays. They have called on other hotels and volunteers to join and help them with the initiative.
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The hotel has pledged to continue to send leftovers for the strays but they also asked vets housing strays, volunteers, and other hotels and restaurants to join and help with the initiative.
