Three Munster hotels tackling food waste - and what we can learn from them

From portion size to no-waste dishes, three hotel chefs from across Ireland tell Helen O’Callaghan how they are tackling food waste while creating excellent food

FREE PIC - NO REPRO FEE - January 19, 2023 Alex Petit, Group Executive Chef with the Trigon Hotels in Cork. Pic: Brian Lougheed

Last summer the EPA released its ‘Food Waste Statistics for Ireland’. 

This found that in 2021, restaurants and food services — which includes hotels — generated 25% of Ireland’s total food waste. With this in mind, we asked three hotels what measures they’re taking to tackle food waste.