Episode 8 - Tjalling van den Burger - Food Waste Warrior
Send us a textA love for all things hospitality and technology has allowed Tjalling van den Burger to have a job which combines his two passions!Being placed in a Michelin starred kitchen at a young age washing dishes allowed him to see the ins and outs of what happens behind the scenes at the highest possible levels of gastronomy, 6 months down the line, he decided to take the opportunity to work front of house, the restaurant is the famed Calla's - https://www.restaurantcallas.nl/english#ca...
A love for all things hospitality and technology has allowed Tjalling van den Burger to have a job which combines his two passions!
Being placed in a Michelin starred kitchen at a young age washing dishes allowed him to see the ins and outs of what happens behind the scenes at the highest possible levels of gastronomy, 6 months down the line, he decided to take the opportunity to work front of house, the restaurant is the famed Calla's - https://www.restaurantcallas.nl/english#calla-bloem-en
Just 17 he was then one of the youngest registered Sommeliers I the country, he was about to go and study at University, after some great advice was given to him by his Head chef, Tjalling then decided to go to one of the best hotel schools in Europe " Hotel school The Hague - https://hotelschool.nl/en
4 years later, an opportunity arose to work in business with combing his love of the food industry with a start up called Hello Fresh, joining their product development team.
https://www.hellofresh.co.uk
Followed by a stint in Londons famous Apple shop in Oxford Street, however he describes the "gravitational pull of the F&B industry was calling", which led him to join the team at Winnow Solutions as the Business Development Manager - Middle East & Africa, as they say - the rest is history.
https://www.winnowsolutions.com
The food waste issue is so big, that a trillion dollars worth of food a year is thrown in the bin around the world, just let that sink in for minute!
Winnow Solutions is helping businesses globally, not only cut on food waste, but also save millions.
Tjalling describes how artificial intelligence is now winning the fight against food waste, he also discusses what we can all do to combat this.
Can technology really help?
This is one of the questions asked during this interview, take a listen to fully understand the role that even our smart phones can play.
Food is simply too valuable to waste!
To contact Tjalling directly, you can email him on tjalling.vandenburger@winnowsolutions.com alternatively https://www.instagram.com/tvandenburger/
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