OzHarvest
AU: Pop-up café featuring food waste menu
The organisation collects approximately 340,000 kilograms of surplus food each month from all types of food businesses including supermarkets, cafés, restaurants, catering companies, events and even farms. It has delivered more than 33 million meals, saved more than 11,000 tonnes of food from landfill across its 10 years of operations, providing much needed food relief to Australians in need.
The project came about thanks to City West Housing, an affiliated partner organisation who donated the empty restaurant space to OzHarvest, under a three month lease.
OzHarvest Chef for a Cause, Travis Harvey, who leads Cooking for a Cause, the organisations’ corporate engagement and volunteer program which prepares thousands of meals for those in need each year, will be heading up the rescued food kitchen and was the mastermind behind the concept.
“We want people to discover by dining at harvested, that there’s nothing wrong with this produce and that high quality, nutritious and wholesome meals can be made from ingredients that would normally be discarded simply by the application of a little imagination and effort.”
In the lead up to its national campaign partnered with the United Nations Environment Programme, Think.Eat.Save, on Monday, 27 July, OzHarvest is encouraging curious members of the public to come and taste rescued meals, harvested from landfill-destined produce for a small donation of $15.
On its first day of launch (12 May) meals will be FREE to the public in exchange for a pic posted on social media using the hashtag #mealforameal, a campaign where Virgin Mobile donates 50 cents to OzHarvest for every hashtag, allowing one meal to be delivered to someone in need.
The menu will change week-to-week based on the ingredients rescued. A set price per head of $15 per customer will help OzHarvest feed 30 hungry Australians. OzHarvest volunteers will also donate their time to help with the project.
Event details
Location: harvested, 56 Harris St, Pyrmont NSW
Opening times: Every Tuesday & Wednesday lunch only from 11.30am – 2.30pm (until end July)
No need to book, just pop on in or call us on 1800 108 006 for any questions.
(From Thursday – Saturday evenings and Sunday lunches the pop-up space will be open as Baraka Pop-Up Restaurant, where proceeds will also go to OzHarvest. Find out more at www.barakaoz.com.au)
For more information:
Louise Tran
OzHarvest
Tel: +61 02 9516 3877
Email: louise.tran@ozharvest.org
www.ozharvest.org