Circular Chefs [EN]

Circular Chefs: Cookbook for Climate-Friendly Cooking

The Circular Chefs cookbook introduces you to the world of climate-friendly cooking in an inspiring and accessible way. This cookbook (also available in Dutch) offers a fresh perspective on cooking delicious food without waste. As a follow-up to Instock Cooking, Circular Chefs takes the next step: it not only focuses on reducing food waste but also on building a circular food system. While the "food rescue community" continues to grow, there is still much work to be done. Circular Chefs focuses on techniques and ingredients that help minimize environmental impact. This book shows that sustainable cooking can be easy, delicious, and impactful.

What is Circular Cooking?

Circular cooking is inspired by nature’s endless cycle, where nothing goes to waste. Fallen leaves enrich the soil, allowing plants to flourish season after season. Unfortunately, our society has moved away from this principle. In our linear economy, we produce and consume new products only to discard them. Often, we cook the same way: we overlook "ugly" vegetables, don’t know what to do with leftovers, and buy pre-packaged products. But did you know that one-third of our climate impact comes from food? Circular cooking encourages us to work like nature does, with care for every part of our ingredients.

Reducing food waste is essential, but Circular Chefs goes further. The book also encourages us to consider what we eat, how it’s produced, and the impact it has on our planet.

The Five Principles of Circular Cooking

Circular Chefs helps you reduce your kitchen’s carbon footprint with five practical principles. Learn how to cook with local, seasonal ingredients, discover preservation techniques, and truly make the most of every part of your ingredients:

1. Choose plant-based
2. Embrace overlooked ingredients
3. Use it all: from peel to pit, from root to tip
4. Preserve what you have left
5. Cook circular, in and outside the kitchen