Free 2021 calendars aiming to reduce food waste

Monday 21 December 2020

Guernsey Waste has teamed up with 12 local restaurants to deliver the 2021 ‘Love Food Hate Waste’ calendar.

Chefs from a variety of chosen restaurants have shared 12 seasonal dishes, and tips to avoid food waste.

“We asked our chefs to come up with a seasonal dish for a particular month,” said Waste Prevention and Recycling Officer, Tina Norman-Ross, “using fresh, local as well as general store cupboard ingredients.”

Local households generate more than 3,000 tonnes of food waste every year and this could be costing each of us £800 annually in wasted food.

Pictured: More than £10 million worth of food is currently thrown away in Guernsey each year.

The message is especially important during the run-up to Christmas.

“We are in a really fortunate position of being able to look forward to the festive season as we would any other.”

“As we get ready for Christmas, we are encouraging islanders to reduce their waste in general over the next few weeks in the lead up to the New Year.”

Pictured: There’s a larger emphasis on food and drink during the festive period.

The restaurants involved are; Christies group, Moores conservatory, Cooked, the Copenhagen, Les Douvres, Fleur du Jardin, Gusto, La Reunion, the Rockmount, Les Rocquettes, the Peninsula and the Slaughterhouse.

You can pick up a free copy of the 2021 calendar from any of the following places:

 -       Alliance

-       Checkers Xpress at Capelles

-       Co-op stores

-       Forest stores

-       Iceland

-       M&S Food Halls

-       Morrisons

-       Waitrose

Pictured top: Chefs from 12 local restaurants have developed recipes for the calendar.