Episode #128: Lara Espirito Santo and George McLeod
Lara Espirito Santo is from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and George McLeod is from New Zealand. Through their shared interest in reducing food waste and imagining a better food system they met in the UK and started working at Douglas McMaster’s closed loop, zero waste restaurant Silo. After a few years there, where George was briefly the head chef until the pandemic hit, they decamped to Portugal, opening a restaurant called SEM.
Everything they learned at Silo they used to create SEM. What they were able to do there in five years should give everyone hope. By focusing on how they source…
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