Our culinary arts students had a fascinating visit to the Planted factory near Zurich to learn about the company's plant-based and sustainable meat substitute products...
Our culinary arts students had a great time visiting the Planted factory near Zurich.
An innovative culinary start-up founded by three young Swiss students during their university days, Planted is now a multi-million pound enterprise employing over 300 people.
Their range of plant-based, meat substitutes are available widely throughout Switzerland and Europe with the company continuing to develop and expand year-on-year.
Priding themselves on their forward-thinking and sustainable ethos, Planted uses plant proteins to produce their "meat" products. By removing animals from the process, they reduce the amounts of CO2 involved by 97% and cut water usage by 81%.
IMI has always had a strong relationship with the firm which has facilitated regular visits by our young culinary students to their Zurich-based factory.
As well as giving a fantastic insight into the day-to-day operations of a food production company, the visit also provides inspiration for our future culinary stars as they hear the story of Planted's birth and development.
Our culinary arts students enjoy a visit to the Planted factory.
Accompanied by IMI's Senior Culinary Lecturer Jonas Grip, our latest batch of BA (Hons) culinary arts students enjoyed a fantastic day at the company's Lindau location just outside of Zurich.
During the visit, they were treated to a guided tour of the Planted factory with Culinary Developer Julian, followed by a short company presentation and Q&A session where they could get direct feedback on all their questions.
They also enjoyed a special cooking demonstration where Julian used Planted's pulled chicken product to produce some delicious taco snacks. (The tasting of which was a particular highlight of the day!)
"(Planted) is a great success story of three Swiss students growing a business from a small prototype in their school into a worldwide enterprise with over 300 employees... Fantastic inspiration for our culinary students."
Chef. Jonas Grip - IMI Senior Culinary Lecturer
This was an inspiring and enjoyable experience for our students and another example of how our school's strong industry connections (both in Switzerland and internationally) bring a real benefit to their study outcomes.
A big thanks to Chef Jonas for organising this visit and to the whole Planted team - in particular Julian - for their generous time and hospitality.
We are already looking forward to visiting again soon with our next batch of culinary stars!
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