For people and the planet

Feed the Planet empowers sustainable cooking and eating among communities and culinary professionals.

We work to inspire positive and sustainable change, thanks to the dynamic and ongoing collaboration between Worldchefs, Electrolux Food Foundation, and AIESEC.

Together, we’re taking action on food.

About Feed the Planet

4 initiatives creating
local and global impact

Feed the Planet projects are diverse and cross the continents. Around the globe, our work is:

Empowering better cooking and eating habits through awareness and advocacy.
Supporting the education and training of key communities to help them put better food on the table.
Reducing food waste to help minimize environmental impact in professional kitchens.
Inspiring sustainable food consumption through resources, webcasts, recipes, and more.

Read the latest news and keep scrolling to learn more about what we do.

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8 lessons for culinary professionals

We’re teaching chefs how to think and act sustainably to drive change in kitchens across the globe. Graduates earn a digital badge and certificate through our innovative Sustainability Education for Culinary Professionals curriculum, now available both online and in schools.

Explore the free course

264+

lives transformed

Like A Chef provides underprivileged people with culinary workplace skills to help them build a new career path.

The eight-week course developed by Worldchefs is taught by volunteer professional chefs and incorporates a zero-waste approach.

With 8 active training centers around the world and more on the way, Like a Chef is changing lives.

Discover our employment training program

300,000+

people sharing stories

Feed the Planet’s webcast, Sustainability Around the World, shares stories from culinary professionals and thought leaders building a better future. Hosted by Chef Chris Koetke, each new episode explores our journey toward a more conscious kitchen.

Watch the webcast

40,000+

Food Heroes

Inspire the next generation to become food champions with an interactive lesson on sustainable eating habits.

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Save food, save money, save the planet

1.3 billion tons of food are wasted each year while 800 million people remain undernourished around the world.

Learn how to reduce food waste in both back and front of house operations, and commit to reducing food waste.

Join the Food Waste Challenge

Feed the Planet Champions

Manoella Buffara

Like a Chef Mentor and Chef at Manu, Curitiba

#42 in Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants 2019

Always when I opened the restaurant, I felt like something was empty. I was just cooking there and I was not worrying about what my producer was eating in their home, what I can do for the society, what I can do for the community. ‘I cannot change the world,’ now I know I can. If we are in a team we can, and you have to start off in your community, where you come from.

Vladimir Mukhin

Like a Chef Mentor and Chef at White Rabbit, Moscow

#9 at Best Chef’s Award 2019, #13 at The Worlds 50 Best 2019

Long ago I realized that sharing the skills and knowledge is a vitally important habit. It provides a circulation of energy and makes you happy. I will feel happy if we manage to motivate these students and someone will have a wish to become one of us. We can not help all, but if we help at least one of the students, it means that we managed to do a great job.

Maryna

Like a Chef Project Coordinator 2019, Ukraine

All participants were super enthusiastic and excited each day. For them, it was an opportunity to gain relevant skills, to socialize, and to feel that someone really cared about their future. Some of them didn’t even know how to cut vegetables on the first day of the project. But during the final exam, all of them looked very confident in the kitchen and cooked on a very good level.

Sonia

Like a Chef Project Coordinator 2020, Brazil

Each group is a different experience. It’s a fortune to see the evolution of each person, and to see the impulse they get day by day. Some of them just need a little bit of trust to get the best from them and go chase their dreams.

Mostafa

Like a Chef Trainer, Cairo

My advice is that if you have the opportunity to join the program you must take advantage of it because it will change your mind and you will gain more knowledge. On top of that, the program will enable you to take control of your career in a professional way and give you more chances and opportunities.

Victor

Like a Chef Trainer, Curitiba

The most magical thing is to realize that the students have so much knowledge and experience of their own, and they don’t even realize that. I have the chance to learn as much as they do.

Vanya

Like a Chef Graduate 2018, Moscow

I entered this project to learn something new, to find more about the secrets of cooking. Our mentor not only shares with us his skills but also encourages us, and helps us decide who we want to be in the future. In my opinion, a chef should be serious and strict. Those who really try can achieve what they want. Those who don’t try hard enough, find obvious excuses. In the kitchen, I feel relaxed. I am a Chef.

Dulcineia

Like a Chef Graduate 2017, Curitiba

This course really brought me back, rescued my dream, my gift, and today I’m very focused. I’m going to work on it and that’s what I want. If I had not gone through all that I went through, I would not have come to [Like a Chef]. I would not have known this project that is so important.

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Become a Food Champion

Get recognized for your passion and commitment to the cause. Worldchefs has created the Feed The Planet Champion program to celebrate your amazing efforts and help you gain even more from what you’ve learned.

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