Misato NotoGoing green is becoming not only a moral decision but an essential business focus in the food industry. With this in mind, Crazy Kitchen, a Japanese catering company, has started a new service called “Sustainable Collection” focusing on minimal food waste and eco-friendly food supply.
Crazy Kitchen has been successfully operating as a custom food caterer, specializing in theme-specific cuisine and space design for a wide array of venues and events since 2015. The idea of Sustainable Collection came from observing pressing issues in the food industry such as sustainability in the supply chain, food waste and inefficient use of materials. Under the concept of “circle of life,” the service provides a variety of dishes using ethically sourced or produced ingredients.
Here are some examples of the dishes:
- Noble scallop and Hachimantai mushroom salad features scallops from pearl farms in Ehime prefecture. Traditionally, these scallops were discarded after the pearls were extracted. The mushrooms come from Iwate prefecture, grown on retired racehorse manure.
- White sturgeon tempura with Kadaif features sturgeon farmed in Miyazaki prefecture. This dish repurposes sturgeon meat which used to be discarded after the caviar was extracted.
- Ostrich with Tartar sauce features ostrich meat sourced from Tochigi and Kagoshima prefecture. Ostrich is believed to be an eco-friendly, healthy alternative to beef as it contains less fat, emits smaller amount of greenhouse gases and requires less land and feed.
- Silver salmon temari (ball-shaped) sushi features salmon sourced from Fisherman Japan, an association that promotes the revitalization of the fish industry in the Tohoku region. The rice is harvested from terraced rice fields in Echigotsumari, Niigata prefecture, where active regional measures are taken to increase the number of rice farmers.
Crazy Kitchen is also mindful of reducing material waste and provides an option that comes with biodegradable and reusable tableware. Of course, you can opt-out and prepare your own tableware too.
There are a few more measures this conscious catering company is taking to accomplish their mission. They provide takeaways for leftovers to prevent them from ending up in the trash. They also compost pre-consumer food waste for farmers who send supplies to them.
Crazy Kitchen is motivated to raise awareness of social issues surrounding the food supply chain in Japan as well as setting a new standard as an environmentally-minded catering business. Using ingredients produced in various parts of Japan, the company gives you an opportunity to learn where exactly your food comes from while offering a visually enticing culinary experience.
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