Alicia Mendez is the head chef of Everybody Eats Wellington, a pay-as-you-can community restaurant on a mission to feed bellies not bins.
The team at Everybody Eats work to reduce food waste, food poverty, and social isolation here in Aotearoa New Zealand through creating three course meals prepared by chefs and volunteers, using surplus ingredients that otherwise would've ended up in landfill.
They took home the award for Outstanding Sustainability Practices at this years Welly Hospo Awards.
Susie visited the Wellington kitchen where Alicia showed her how a little culinary creativity can take ordinary ingredients and turn them into something special, while reducing food waste.
She shares a recipe for Grilled Courgettes, Blue cheese spread and Dukkah.
Everybody Eats Wellington's Head chef Alicia Mendez uses her creative culinary skills to make beautiful meals out of surplus food. Photo: RNZ Reece Baker
