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Cook for Change! Challenge: Where Innovation Meets Sustainability

Innovative Cooking for a Better Tomorrow

The Cook for Change! Challenge celebrates culinary innovation, passion and Sodexo’s commitment to sustainable eating. Each year, hundreds of chefs from North America compete in a unique, plant-based culinary competition to inspire change in food services. Each chef creates a zero-waste dish that reduces carbon emissions and uses sustainable, nutrient-rich ingredients. Finalists are selected based on creativity, flavor, and a dedication to responsible cooking, culminating in an exciting global finale in Paris. This challenge is an opportunity for Sodexo’s top talent to redefine responsible dining by showcasing sustainable recipes that will be featured across Sodexo restaurants worldwide.

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Meet Chef Ryan Hickey: North America’s Cook for Change! Challenge Finalist

Chef Ryan Hickey brings his passion for creative, sustainable cooking to the global stage as North America’s representative. Known for his innovative use of local ingredients and creative plating, Ryan believes in making dishes special from scratch. Watch his journey as he crafts a plant-based masterpiece for a chance to become the Cook for Change! Challenge champion. 

Chef Perspectives: Cook for Change! 

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    How Our Chefs Cook for Change!

    Read the blog to see how our chefs inspire sustainable dining.
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  • Sodexo’s Sustainability Culinary Competition Crowns Its Winner

    The Cook for Change! Finale

    Read more about the culmination of the challenge in Paris.

How Our Chefs Cook for Change!

Read the blog to see how our chefs inspire sustainable dining.
Get Chef Sam Blackburn's insights on Cook for Change!
Read more about the culmination of the challenge in Paris.

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