Cook for Change

Sodexo’s global sustainable chef competition came to the UK and Ireland this year.

Gordon's dish

The Cook for Change! Sustainable Chef Challenge

This is Sodexo’s global competition that highlights the creativity of its chefs from around the world. Their challenge: to create an original menu that combines deliciousness with environmental responsibility.

Made with plant-forward and sustainable ingredients, these recipes aim to reduce food waste while celebrating tasty, low carbon cuisine. From more than 500 chef candidates across 30 countries, 9 finalists were selected for the final cook off and Grand Finale event, in London in March this year.

Flying the flag for the UK&I region was Gordon Carberry from Dublin and he won the Culinary Innovation Award.

Gordon Carberry wins Culinary Innovation award at Sodexo’s global sustainable chef challenge

This year’s winners

Randall Prudden (Sodexo USA) Impact at Scale award winner, Robert Janse (Sodexo Netherlands) Cook for Change! Sustainable Chef of the Year winner and Gordon Carberry (Sodexo UK&I) Culinary Innovation award winner.