Cook for change - Gordan Carberry

Cook for Change! 2026

Sodexo’s global sustainable chef competition came to the UK and Ireland.

Gordon Carberrys dish - Plated dish with roasted root vegetables, grains, and garnishes, with a small cup of sauce beside it

Gordon's dish

The Cook for Change! Sustainable Chef Challenge

This is Sodexo’s global competition that highlights the creativity of its chefs from around the world. Their challenge: to create an original menu that combines deliciousness with environmental responsibility. 

 

Made with plant-forward and sustainable ingredients, these recipes aim to reduce food waste while celebrating tasty, low carbon cuisine. From more than 500 chef candidates across 30 countries, 9 finalists were selected for the final cook off and Grand Finale event, this month in London.

 

Flying the flag for the UK&I region was Gordon Carberry from Dublin and he won the Culinary Innovation Award.

Gordon Carberry wins Culinary Innovation award at Sodexo’s global sustainable chef challenge

This year’s winners

Randall Prudden (Sodexo USA) Impact at Scale award winner, Robert Janse (Sodexo Netherlands) Cook for Change! Sustainable Chef of the Year winner and Gordon Carberry (Sodexo UK&I) Culinary Innovation award winner.

Highlights from the Cook for Change! grand finale

  • Three chefs in white uniforms stand on a stage holding wooden awards, smiling at the camera. Behind them is a large screen displaying the logo “Cook for Change! The Sustainable Chef Challenge.” The stage features decorative wave‑pattern lighting and a podium with the same event branding.
  • hefs stand on stage as one receives an award, with the scene shown on a large screen above. Other chefs sit at a judging table under “Cook for Change!” branding and purple lighting
  • Chefs seated in an audience laugh and watch the stage during the Cook for Change event
  • A chef in a white uniform arranges small plated appetizers at a food station with a “fooditude” menu sign in the background.
  • Servers in white shirts and black aprons stand in a line holding trays of assorted cocktails.
  • Five chefs stand side by side in a studio setting, posing confidently in their uniforms.
  • Three chefs holding awards stand on stage with two presenters, in front of a large “Cook for Change!” event screen.

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