El Nino Rewrites the Menu in the World's Top Restaurants
Chefs say the climate pattern is already cutting ingredients, raising prices and disrupting deliveries as menus shift toward substitutes and rationing.
- Internationally renowned chefs gathered at the Apapaxoa festival in the Mexican Caribbean to discuss how a record-breaking El Niño forces them to rethink menus amid unpredictable ingredient availability, quality, and prices.
- United Nations experts predict an exceptionally strong El Niño cycle causing erratic global weather. Brazilian chef Alex Atala told AFP he adjusts his annual menu weekly for three years due to unavailable Amazonian products.
- Danish chef Rasmus Munk at Alchemist creates chocolate alternatives using brewer's spent grains, while Alvaro Clavijo of Bogota-based El Chato warns that water shortages and dwindling Andean ingredients threaten his cuisine.
- Torrential rain in 2024 killed almost 250 people near Valencia, leading Spain's Quique Dacosta to emphasize the "cultural loss" from climate events that decimated essential Albufera rice crops and impacted restaurant operations.
- While chef Yusuke Takada of Cime in Osaka says "In Japan it's not a problem, there's always product available," other culinary stars warn El Niño "is changing everything," highlighting business vulnerability across regions.
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Prices on the rise for the crops on the knees, water rationed for the drought, customers who cancel reservations to every storm alert (ANSA)
The Economic Times
Times of IndiaEl Nino forces chefs to rethink menus as extreme weather disrupts food supplies
Record-breaking El Nino is impacting global food systems, causing chefs to frequently alter their menus. Droughts, floods, and heatwaves affect the availability and quality of key ingredients. Chefs like Alex Atala and Quique Dacosta emphasize the cultural and logistical challenges posed by these weather patterns. Alternative ingredients are being explored, as traditional supplies become increasingly unpredictable. Experts predict continued disr…
Radio France Internationale
rtl.luEl Nino rewrites the menu in the world's top restaurants
Ants are disappearing from the table in Brazil, one Danish chef is opting for cocoa-free chocolate and Japan is serving up warm-water fish, culinary stars disclosed at the Apapaxoa gastronomic festival on Mexico's Caribbean coast. United Nations experts have predicted an exceptionally strong cycle of the El Nino climate phenomenon, which causes global changes in winds and rainfall as well as erratic weather conditions. The cream of the culinary …
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