Feeding the 5000 – OzHarvest

Overview

Anyone who has ever worked in hospitality has probably watched with horror at the mountain of food thrown away without a second thought. The people at OzHarvest — one of Australia's prominent food-rescue organisations — noticed, and decided to do something about it.

On Monday, July 29, between noon and 2pm, they will be serving 5000 people food made from rescued ingredients to help raise awareness of the immense levels of waste presently occurring and show just how easy it is for everyone to do something about it.

Working beside OzHarvest volunteers will be a number of Sydney chefs helping to put together dishes such as curries made from 'misshapen' and wonky vegetables (that’s right, something as simple as that stops vegetables from being sold), rescued bread, cheese, chutney and who knows what else.

It's all free, but you do need to register, as plates are going fast. So if food waste causes you to lose sleep, or if you just want a free meal, jump online and procure yourself a ticket.