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ABOUT CHEFS WITH COMPASSION
Chefs with Compassion is a collaboration
of partners – individuals, companies,
and organisations – who together
rescue surplus food that would go to
waste, donate it to kitchens where it is
cooked, to feed the growing number
of hungry people in food-vulnerable
areas. Chefs with Compassion was
launched in May 2020 as a not-for-
profit company in response to the
COVID-19 humanitarian crisis, and
aims to continue as long as there is a
need.
The first participants in the 2021 Challenge

MANDELA DAY CHALLENGE

Clean out your pantry and spend 67 minutes helping to cook 67000 litres of soup

he #67000litres for Mandela Day Last year, in a remarkable display of the of doing good on Madiba’s birthday
Challenge is on – and this year every true spirit of Mandela Day, over 300 chefs is a little more challenging than usual.
TSouth African with a kitchen and a stood proudly behind their stoves, united Meanwhile, one of the greatest problems
heart for the hungry can participate. despite the devastation of their industry, facing our country is that of hunger. The
taking collective action to put their hearts #67000litres Challenge is the perfect way
Chefs with Compassion is calling on where their passion lies – feeding people. for every company, every individual and
everyday South Africans across five The result - the target of 67 000 litres of every hospitality industry player to give
different categories to put on their aprons, soup was exceeded, and 77 455 litres was back. At the same time, this initiative will
clear out their pantries, and get cooking in cooked, serving 309 820 cups of soup to send the clear and resounding message
the biggest nationwide cooking challenge hungry people all over the country. that the food that is wasted across every
for hunger awareness ever in SA’s history. stage of the food chain (Agriculture –
Best of all, it can be done safely and from This year, Chefs with Compassion has Manufacturing – Distribution – Retail
the comfort of your own kitchen - and you initiated a nationwide challenge to beat – Consumer) is sufficient to feed every
can choose your own local beneficiary to the #67000litres target once again – this hungry South African three meals a day,”
be the recipient - be it an orphanage, old time challenging every single person, says Arnold Tanzer, chairman of Chefs with
age home or shelter for the homeless - representing five different categories, to Compassion.
thereby extending the reach and impact dedicate their 67 minutes on Mandela
of the campaign into every city, town, Day to raising awareness of the shocking Within the Corporate category, caring
suburb and street around the country. fact that 10 million tonnes of food goes to companies in every sector can give
waste every year while 18 million people
go hungry every day.

The categories in this year’s ‘67 000 litres
for Mandela Day Challenge’ are Home
Cooks, Hotels, Culinary Schools, Kitchens
(e.g. restaurants, pubs, canteens, catering
companies), and Corporates.

Within each of these categories,
participants will complete a ‘Clean Out Your
Pantry’ Challenge, using close-to-expiry-
date products and supplementing with
wholesome and nutritious ingredients to
make a hearty soup.

“Since we launched Chefs with Compassion
in May last year we’ve been overwhelmed
by the spirit of kindness, volunteerism and
interest in making a difference – exactly
the spirit that Mandela Day embodies.
This year, as we reach the peak of the
third wave and with Government calling
on South Africans to isolate as much as
possible, getting involved in 67 minutes

Celebrity chef Sasha Zambetti cooking up a pot Mandela Day Jackson Park Chef volunteers
of hearty soup from rescued produce.
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