Today - 16th of September - is the World Food Day. That’s why renowned Slovenian chef Marko Pavčnik collaborated with Spar Slovenia, a grocery store chain, to launch a unique experiment. It was based on a national research done that showed, that an average Slovenian wastes as much as 68 kg of food per year*. The goal of the experiment was to put this staggering number into perspective by showing how many meals such a large amount of food can produce.
The experiment: Chef Pavčnik first carefully created the recipe, wrote down the ingredients on a shopping list and went to the Interspar store, where he gathered 68 kg of food. He then brought the food back to his restaurant’s kitchen, where he, together with his team, started working on a special equation; how many meals can be made out of the amount of food a single Slovenian wastes in a year.
The result: 68 kg of raw food can be made into as much as 257 quality meals. That is the exact number of pasta salads chef Pavčnik and his team produced in this experiment and the food did not go to waste. In cooperation with the Slovene Philanthropy, all of the meals were donated to socially disadvantaged families.
*Source: Statistical Office Of The Republic Of Slovenia, 2018
Chef Marko Pavčnik with some of the end dishes
Chef in the shop buying 68 kg of ingredients
“This project was created to bring awareness to the topic of food waste. We wanted to directly show just how much potentially nutritious meals goes to waste,” stated chef Pavčnik, the main force behind the experiment.
From 68 kg of food they have prepared 257 quality meals
