Head Chef Gelf wins Special Achievement Award at Footprint Awards

Congratulations to our Head Chef Gelf Alderson who scooped the Special Achievement Award for his individual contribution to environmental, social and economic sustainability.

This award recognises individual contribution to environmental, social and economic sustainability. This is a hotly contested category and one that attracts a great deal of attention every year. Past winners of this category include Raymond Blanc, Cyrus Todiwala, Anne Pierce MBE, Pret A Manger's Nicki Fisher and last years winner Allegra McEvedy MBE for commitment to fair trade.

Shortlisted were:

Arthur Potts Dawson, The People’s Supermarket

Gelf Alderson, River Cottage Cookery School

Juliette Williams & Stuart Trent, Environmental Justice Foundation

Justin Home, Tiny Leaf

Martin Smith, University of Manchester

Callum Roberts, University of York

Richard Lochead, Scottish Government

The Winner as voted for by the judges: Gelf Alderson

Gelf Alderson is Head Chef at River Cottage. He runs the kitchens and the busy cooking school and is key to communicating sustainability and the River Cottage sustainable credentials to clients of the cooking school and guests. Visitors gain an insight into practical sustainable and ethical sourcing, growing and animal husbandry.

Sustainability needs individuals who can communicate sustainability in a practical, down to earth and logical manner. Gelf is such an individual. He is both engaging and charismatic and from our experience leaves visitors with a clear understanding and heads full of ideas to implement back in their own organisations.

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