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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.