Low Food opens the Netherlands’ first gastronomic lab
A lot changed in the world of food and drink in 2019. And good news for the coming year: attention for fair and sustainable products continues to grow. Yet Joris Bijdendijk, Samuel Levi and Joris Lohman, founders of the Low Food movement, believe things can be better. That is why they are opening a gastronomic Low Food Lab.
Low Food: what is it?
Inspired by the Nordic Food Lab, founded in part by René Redzepi, chef at NOMA, Low Food is an organisation dedicated to changing and renewing food culture in the Netherlands. The focus is primarily on gastronomy, because according to Low Food it plays an important role in this process. The aim is to put Dutch gastronomy on the map worldwide as a leading and innovative food culture.
About the Lab
It is not possible to visit the Low Food Lab; it is an open platform where not only chefs, but also farmers and scientists are invited to conduct research and develop ideas about how best to use these new, forgotten or undervalued products from Dutch soil, and how we can do our part to contribute to a healthy and sustainable food system.
Vegetable dish of the year
The gastronomic lab was launched in the cowshed of Stadsboerderij Almere, with a lunch partly prepared by chef Emile van der Staak of De Nieuwe Winkel in Nijmegen. This week, he won the Gault&Millau Award for ‘Vegetable Dish of the Year 2019’. The concept will start in 2020 and run for two years. In 2022, the Low Food Lab will have its own location at Floriade, the international horticultural exhibition in Almere.
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