What is the Chefs' Manifesto?
The Chefs’ Manifesto is a chef-led project that brings together chefs from around the world to explore how they can help deliver a sustainable food system, through practical actions. Check out the Chef World Map on our homepage here!
How can I join the community?
If you work in some form of paid employment as a chef or cook, you can join the community via our website, www.chefsmanifesto.com and click the ‘Join’ button on the header.
You’ll need to share your name, email, residing city and country of origin and let us know whether you’re a chef/cook or another category of food system advocate.
It only takes 2 minutes!
What is the Chefs’ Manifesto Action plan?
Chefs bridge the gap between farm and fork. The Chefs’ Manifesto Action Plan is a framework tied to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals that consists of simple, practical actions grouped into 8 Thematic Areas written by chefs, for chefs. Ultimately, it empowers chefs to champion food systems transformation and connects their work to the global conversation. Learn more here.
What are the Sustainable Development Goals, and why does the Chefs’ Manifesto focus on SDG2?
The Sustainable Development Goals are a framework agreed to by 193 member states of the United Nations that provide a shared blueprint for a more peaceful, equitable and sustainable world for people and the planet. You can learn more at sdgs.un.org.
The Chefs’ Manifesto brings together the SDGs, with a core focus on good food for all, and driving action towards achieving SDG2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture.
Why?
Chefs play a vital role in bridging the gap between farm to fork, through their lived experience, shared knowledge and collective voice. Food is the common thread, and addressing SDG2 allows the Chefs’ Manifesto network to drive the intersectional change needed to strengthen food systems by also considering the overlapping inequalities in health, climate, nutrition, agriculture, and gender.
How can I get involved in the Chefs' Manifesto?
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Contribute content such as articles, recipes, social media pieces.
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Participate in our calls to action (global moments of targeted advocacy where we are asked to mobilise chefs to champion certain issues or themes, to drive action on SDG2).
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Run your own CM themed event or Action Hub – See FAQ 8 below and download our our Planning an Action Hub template.
How can I follow the Chefs' Manifesto to find out about new opportunities?
Make sure to sign up to our newsletter to stay up to date on the network and opportunities to get involved, as well as our ‘Events’ and ‘Opportunities’ page on our website which you can find under ‘News and Resources’ in the header.
Follow our LinkedIn and Instagram
How can I connect with Chefs’ Manifesto chefs?
Aside from connecting with other chefs in the network through the newsletter and social media, the Chefs’ Manifesto website has a map showcasing the locations of chefs across the network! Check out the map to see which other chefs are nearby to you.
What is an Action Hub? How do I coordinate one?
Grounded in the eight Chefs’ Manifesto thematic areas, Chefs’ Manifesto Action Hubs inspire action; they are a practical response to the climate, health, and cost of living pressures embedded in global food systems, whilst also celebrating local dishes and championing resilient, local crops.
Each Action Hub is bespoke to its location and co-designed with chefs and food system experts from the region, ensuring that the discussions and solutions are grounded in local realities. The event can bring the food community together through cooking demonstrations, on-site tours, expert panels, shared meals and open discussions shared by restaurateurs, policy makers, chefs, farmers, nutrition scientists or other food system enthusiasts.
By facilitating chef-led system transformation, Action Hubs directly address local challenges and encourage a locally-championed opportunities mindset moving forward.
Download our our Planning an Action Hub template here.
Do you offer chef apprenticeships or internships?
As we are not an academic or culinary institution, we do not have capacity to offer a chef apprenticeship or internship. If you are looking for a culinary school in your region, please get in touch as we may be able to point you in the right direction!
How can I get the Chefs’ Manifesto merchandise?
We currently don’t have the capacity to sell Chefs’ Manifesto merchandise. However you can find digital files here, if you would like to have your own T-Shirt, Chef Patch or Apron made locally with the Chefs’ Manifesto logo attached.
