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Sustainabilityrulesat Copenhagen’s
Amass,whereleftoverpeelingsareturned


intomiso,andspentoilbecomesbiofuel.
InAugust,therestaurantpostedanimage
ofsous-chefAndrewWallisholdingthe
last-everrollofclingfilmthatAmass
woulduse.Thisbreak-upwithclingfilm



  • partofa five-yearprocessofremoving
    alldisposableplasticat therestaurant–
    ledtomanystrongresponses.One
    Instagramuser(@fryedporkchop)
    commentedthatditchingclingfilmwas
    hardtodo,astheplasticwraphasmany


kitchenuses:poachingballotines,lining
terrinemoulds,evencreatinga cook’s
beltif theyforgetone.
InAustralia,manychefshavedecided
togiveupclingfilm.JoshLewisbanished
it fromFleet:theNSWrestaurant’slast
600-metrerollgota close-uponInstagram
beforeit wasgone.MelissaPalinkasat
YoungGeorgeinPerthhasresponded
tothemovementbyinvestingin


“indestructible”alternatives.“Mykitchen
andbaronlyuseCambrocontainers
now,”shesays.Forsomechefs,banning
cling film is simple: Ben Devlin never let it


intoPipit,hisnorthernNSWrestaurant,
inthefirstplace.“Itseemedeasierthan
startingwithit andtryingtoremoveit,”
hesays.Formethodsthatrelyonplastic


  • likecookinginwaterbaths,forinstance

  • heusesjarsandcontainersinstead.Tom
    Haynesat BarangarooHouseinSydney
    hasa similarstance:“Fromdayone,we’ve
    neverusedclingfilmonanyofthelevels
    acrossthevenue.”Whenit comesto,
    say,makingterrine(whichusually
    involvesliningmouldswithplastic),he
    usesbeeswaxandothercookingpapers.
    “Itcanbea littlebitmorecomplicated,
    butit doeswork,”hesays.
    Amass’schefandownerMatt
    Orlandohasbeenusinglidsandapplying
    newcookingmethodstosaveusing
    100 kilogramsofclingfilm.“I have
    notfounda waythatusesplasticin
    thecookingtechniquethattastesbetter
    thanwhencookedwithoutusingplastic,”
    hesays.“Ofcourse,it takesa littlemore
    finesse,butisn’tthatthebestpartabout
    beinga chef?I thinkthatit’sworthit
    if wecanmakethingsmoredelicious
    while being responsible.”


It’s a wrap


CopenhagenrestaurantAmassdeclaredit wasdone
with cling film – and others followed its lead.

You’vegotale
GelatoMessinahascreatedsomething
thatdoesn’tmelt:thebrandhas
teamedupwithAustralianBreweryto
makeanalethat’sflavouredwith
thetonnesofdulcedelechethatthe
gelati-makercranksouteveryweek.
Findit ontapatvariouspubsandbars
or at bottle shops.gelatomessina.com

Cruisecontrol
Theworld’sfirstbattery-hybrid
poweredcruiseshiptheMSFridtjof
Nansenhasjustbeencompleted
andis readytosetsailonoceans
acrosstheworld.Following
successfulseatrials,theHurtigruten
lineris offeringa seriesofspecial
pre-inauguralvoyages,departing
fromLondon(7March),Liverpool
(12March)andPortsmouth
(17March),witheachtripexploring
destinationsincludingIslesofScilly,
Aalborg,IsleofManandOslo.The
hybridbattery-poweredsolutionis
oneofa seriesofgreeninitiatives
Hurtigrutenhasdeployed,along
withgettingridofsingle-use
plastics,andrebuildingitsfleet
ofexistingshipstobepowered
bybatterypacks,liquefied
naturalgasandbiogas.
hurtigruten.com.au

Sous-chef
AndrewWallis
withAmass’slast
roll of cling film.
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