Judy Millar and Grace Wright have painted one-off decorative plates being auctioned by Everybody Eats as part of their first annual fundraising gala. There is online bidding available until 10.30pm on Friday 11 November; to view the items visit here.
About Everybody Eats
Humans waste about one third of the food we produce, the majority of which ends up in landfill where it releases methane, a harmful greenhouse gas 20 times more harmful than CO2. At the same time, 1 in 6 New Zealanders are going hungry.
Everybody Eats is a multi-award-winning charitable dining concept. They take perfectly good raw food that would otherwise go to waste and with the help of volunteers turn it into restaurant quality 3-course meals served at our two restaurants (One in Auckland and Ltd in Wellington). Customers can pay whatever they like, even if it's nothing, for nutritious and freshly prepared food. They’ve got it down to a fine art; a $5 donation can fund one 3-course meal for a vulnerable kiwi.
They aim to be part of solving three huge problems we have in NZ: food waste, food poverty, and social isolation. Everybody Eats is not a soup kitchen; they provide their diners with beautifully plated meals served at shared tables, which encourages them to interact with volunteers and other diners in a safe, stigma-free and dignified environment. Since starting at the end of 2017, they have diverted over 65 tonnes of food from landfill, engaged over 4,500 volunteers and have served over 90,000 individual 3-course meals. We need your help to open a third restaurant, to make this a nationwide movement, and to end food waste and food poverty in New Zealand.
