May 09 2008
“Seasonal Produce Only!” Calls Ramsay
If the day ever comes when I set up a small café / bistro I’ll make it based on rural Meditteranean food, mainly French and Italian. More importantly, the menu would strictly rotate every 3 months to predominantly have only what is season at the time, which is what I’d also call the place – Seasons.
I have to confess I wasn’t feeling particularly environmentally minded when I was dreaming this all up, it just seemed to provide a unique pitch to stand out well from the market – it simply made sense to me.
Ramsay however has (I trust the cheque is in the post Gordon?) as a way to cut CO2 emissions from modern paractices of shipping out-of-season produce around the world. Which would mean no more ‘selling-strawberries-to-the-eskimos’ practices such as flying frozen New Zealand lamb flown to England for Christmas.
A great idea, which I would like to see applied not just too fruit and veg, but meat too.
Except if Ramsay gets his way of course, there goes the unique pitch of my bistro. Bugger! 
Addendum: He also came out against plastic bags…
Famous for his bad temper, Ramsay also spoke passionately about another environmental concern – plastic bags – saying they simply “did not make sense”.
I have wondered why anyone needs plastic bags, something I’ll look into next time. Until then – Cheers Campers! 