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Champions of Change: Green Spatula Award Winners 2024
Join us for an inspiring live webcast featuring the 2024 Green Spatula Award winners—globally recognized chefs championing sustainability in the culinary world.
🌿 From Nordic innovation to Baltic plant-based excellence, these chefs are transforming how we think about food, waste, and impact. This event offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at their journeys, kitchen practices, and cultural perspectives on sustainability.
What’s on the menu?
- Personal Journeys in Sustainability: Discover the pivotal moments that led each chef to prioritize sustainability in their cooking philosophy.
- Sustainability at Home – Regional Perspectives: Explore how local traditions and policies influence sustainable practices in their respective countries.
- Innovation & The Future of Green Cuisine: Gain insights into innovative techniques and the future vision for sustainable kitchens.
- Audience Q&A: Engage directly with the chefs during an interactive question and answer session.
Practical Information:
- Topic: Champions of Change: Green Spatula Award Winners 2024
- Where: 14:00 CET on Zoom, Facebook Live, Twitter, and YouTube!
- When: April 23rd, 2025
Our Partners
Sustainability Around the World is part of our Feed the Planet initiative, inspiring sustainable food consumption among communities and culinary professionals. Find out how to get involved at www.howtofeedtheplanet.com. Also, watch the previous episode of Sustainability Around the World Webcast here.
Founded by Worldchefs, Feed the Planet is run in partnership with Electrolux Food Foundation and AIESEC. Particularly, this initiative counts on the support of the Electrolux Food Foundation. Learn more about the Foundation here.
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Looking forward to seeing you at the webinar!
About the Speakers
Andreas Enger Fjellheim
Winner of Green Spatula Award in Global Young Chef Challenge
Andreas Enger Fjellheim is a rising culinary talent from Norway who made a remarkable impression at the 2024 Global Young Chefs Challenge in Singapore. He won the Gold Medal, achieving the highest overall score, and was also awarded the prestigious Green Spatula Award for sustainability. In addition, he earned special recognition for Best Veal, showcasing both skill and creativity. Andreas continues to gain international attention as one of the most promising young chefs on the global stage.
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Dinars Zvidrinš
Winner of Green Spatula Award in Global Vegan Chef Challenge
Dinars Zvidriņš is an accomplished Latvian chef with extensive experience in high-level culinary competitions and fine dining. Currently head chef at Restorāns Laivu centrs, he previously held key roles at restaurants including Entresol and the Grand Hotel Kempinski in Riga. He has excelled in numerous international contests, earning the Green Spatula Award in the Global Vegan Chef Challenge and placing in prestigious events like the Bocuse d’Or Europe, S. Pellegrino Young Chef, and the Baltic Culinary Star Contest. A multi-time Latvian Chef of the Year participant and winner, Zvidriņš is known for his creativity, precision, and leadership. He continues to pursue culinary excellence while mentoring the next generation of chefs.
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Tom Lamers
Winner of Green Spatula Award in Global Chef Challenge
Tom Lamers, 34, is a Dutch chef with extensive experience in Michelin-starred restaurants. For the past four years, he has been the chef at restaurant Het Koetshuis in Bennekom, which holds one Michelin star. His career includes time at several prestigious kitchens, including Het Nonnetje (**), De Bokkedoorns (**), Parkheuvel (**), and De Kromme Dissel (*).
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Shonah Chalmers
Feed the Planet Chairwoman and Culinary Professor at Humber College
Shonah Chalmers concentrates focuses much of her culinary skills on Sustainable food practices. As a red seal trade papered chef and CCC accreditation (Certified Chef de Cuisine) in Canada. Shonah utilizes her 30 years of cooking knowledge to help shape the next generation of chefs.
Her culinary career has taken her from fine dining restaurants, catering, golf courses and hotels in Toronto to a ski resort in Gunma-ken Japan to a Chefs Tour Against Hunger in South Africa 2011. Shonah’s passion for sharing her culinary experiences led her to becoming an educator at Humber College 12 years ago and remains relevant in
the world of food as the Toronto branch Canadian Culinary Federation President for the last 10 years. Also, Chef Chalmers is accredited as a Worldchefs Certified
Continental Judge for both Vegan/Plant Based and Culinary Hot Kitchen and currently holds the role of Vice Chair for the Worldchefs Feed the planet and Sustainability committee, where she develops sustainable education models for food service professionals globally Chef Chalmers assists with many local, National and
International culinary initiatives; facilitating industry networking events, donating time to food banks, demonstrations on food repurposing & foraging. Much of Shonah’s energies continue to be focused on the sharing, mentoring & moving forward of the culinary industry for all cooks and chefs in a positive and inclusive way.
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