They are chefs, restaurateurs, pastry chefs…
They are committed to improving our world.
We are shining the spotlight on them and their actions.
So you can be inspired to take positive action!
Why Positive Mayo ?
Across the planet, chefs, restaurateurs and hoteliers are concerned about our world and how we can make it more united and sustainable.
By launching their own actions or supporting existing initiatives, all these players are TAKING ACTION in a POSITIVE and constructive mindset. All these commitments, large and small, are a source of ideas and energy in a positive spiral…
This site lists their actions and keeps you informed. It aims to be an inspiring crossroads that can help stir things up a little more each day.
We’re using the word “chef” here, putting famous and not-so-famous chefs, cooks, pastry chefs, hoteliers… all on the same footing.
We enlighten all those whose job it is to feed and welcome others, and who have developed a sensitivity to the quality of ingredients, to their fragile nature, to the need to share food and resources, to environmental protection, to the transmission of values and know-how, and so on.
Find out more about their commitments…
The range of areas in which human involvement is needed to make the world a better place is vast.
Depending on their individual sensitivity, everyone can find something to make them feel useful.
Here you will find a veritable anthology of actions, each one more exciting than the last.
Culinary For Social Change
Culinary for Social Change (CSC) is an organization based in Ghana that uses gastronomy as a tool for social, economic,[...]
Black Women in Food
Recognizing that in the food and beverage industry, Black women are often rendered invisible, underfunded, and lack opportunities, Maame Boakye[...]
UNESCO
The only United Nations organization with a mandate for education, science and culture, UNESCO develops and coordinates global standards and[...]
Team for the Planet
Founded in 2019 Team for the Planet is a company with a mission working against global warming by financing innovative[...]
VIE Endowment Fund
Nadia Sammut created the VIE Endowment Fund in 2023 to promote a positive food model that regenerates living things, is[...]
Food XX Africa
In 2018, in South Africa, Studio H, a culinary design company, launched Food XX Africa with the aim of celebrating[...]
Pompiers Solidaires
Pompiers Solidaires (Solidarity Firefighters) is a French humanitarian NGO composed of volunteers with diverse skills. It operates in France and[...]
New Trails
First Nations face unsustainable social problems. At the start of the chain, there’s poverty, food insecurity, disease and lack of[...]
FONDS LA PANIERE
The Fonds La Panière is a shareholder foundation created by the Cantenot family, founders of La Panière, to preserve a[...]
Glisse en Coeur (Skiing with heart)
Glisse en Coeur is a fabulous mountain charity event organized since 2008 in the resort of Le Grand Bornand. To[...]
We’re Smart
We’re Smart® World is an international organization dedicated to promoting a healthier, more sustainable, and plant-forward food system, at the[...]
The Sustainable Restaurant Association
Since 2010, The Sustainable Restaurant Association (The SRA) has been setting the sustainability standard for the food and beverage industry,[...]
Les Restos du Cœur
Is it still necessary to introduce them? Founded by Coluche in 1985, this association aims “to help and provide voluntary[...]
KOCK PÅ GÅNG
Kock på Gång (Chefs in the Making) is an innovative Swedish initiative that uses cooking as a tool for social[...]
2 P’TITS PAS POUR DEMAIN
2 P’tits Pas pour Demain (“Two Little Steps for Tomorrow”) is a French nonprofit organization founded in 2019 by two[...]
Bake For Ukraine
Bake for Ukraine is a non-profit organization that shares traditional Ukrainian bread recipes and collects donations to help Ukrainian bakeries[...]
The Global Food Institute at George Washington University
Inspired by the idea that food can help solve the challenges facing our world, such as hunger and poverty, public[...]
Les Enfants Cuisinent
Les Enfants Cuisinent (The Children Cook), an association founded by Olivier Chaput in 2011, promotes healthy, tasty food among children[...]
Les Extraordinaires
Founder of the association Les ExtraordinairesFlore Lelièvre created Le Reflet in Nantes. This unique place“where you feel good and differences[...]
EALLU
First of all, it should be remembered that some 24 indigenous peoples around the world farm reindeer, a semi-domesticated Arctic[...]
World Food Programme
Since 1962, the UN-affiliated World Food Programme has distributed millions of meals worldwide. This humanitarian organization intervenes in emergencies to[...]
Credo Kompetansesenter
Inspired by the Geitmyra Matkultursenter for barn (Geitmyra Food Cultural Center for Children) in Oslo, Heidi Bjerkan founded the Credo[...]
Good Food Co
Since 2011, Good Food Co (Philippines) has been turning consumers into co-producers through an alternative food system based on ecological[...]
Tijuana sin Hambre
Born in April 2020, in the heart of the Covid pandemic, Tijuana sin Hambre has become a pillar in the[...]
Chef Ann Foundation
The Chef Ann Foundation (CAF) was created in 2009 by chef Ann Cooper, who believes that healthy school food is[...]
Electrolux Food Foundation
Established in 2016, Electrolux Food Foundation is an independent non-profit organization. Its mission is to encourage healthier, more sustainable food[...]
James Beard
The James Beard Foundation, a U.S.-based non-profit organization, was created in 1986 in honor of the famous chef and food[...]
Ecole de Félix
Founded in 2005, the NGO FONDATION ÉCOLE DE FÉLIX has the following missions: A primary school delivers basic education to[...]
Wings of Change
Wings of Change was founded in 2018 by Afsana Amarsy, of Indian origin born in Madagascar. Her vision was to[...]
Mon Liban d’Azur
Mon Liban d’Azur is an association based in Nice, committed to building lasting bridges between France and Lebanon through concrete[...]
Mater Iniciativa
In 2012, Virgilio and Malena Martínez founded the Mater organization. The scientific approach to surveying Peru’s endemic species has evolved[...]
Tortellante
Tortellante is a therapeutic laboratory delivering vocational and qualifications where on-the- spectrum teenagers and adults learn to make fresh pasta[...]
Junkfood
Junkfood is a Copenhagen-based non-profit organization dedicated to providing nutritious meals to the homeless and needy. In addition to serving[...]
Soeur Angèle
To know Sister Angèle is to grasp her intention behind the creation of her foundation in 2015. The Sœur Angèle[...]
Zero Foodprint
Zero Foodprint (ZFP) is a non-profit organization working to restore the climate, one hectare at a time. Working with business,[...]
Antoine Alléno
The Antoine Alléno association assists families who have lost a loved one under the age of 25 to road homicide,[...]
BON POUR LE CLIMAT
Bon pour the Climate (”Good For the Climate”) is a French nonprofit organization founded in 2014 to accelerate the transition[...]
Everybody Eats
How to solve the major problem of wasting perfectly good food, while people go hungry and communities become increasingly disconnected.[...]
Replate.com
Born in 2021 from a collaboration between the Electrolux Food Foundation, the Worldchefs federation, and AIESEC, the world’s largest student[...]
Beans is How
Affordable, nutrient-rich, great for the planet, easy to store and cook…What if beans were the food of the future—a key[...]
Fondation GoodPlanet
For the GoodPlanet Foundation, sustainable food is a key lever for addressing the major environmental and social challenges of our[...]
Docteur CLOWN
As a marginal, offbeat character, the clown is a distorting mirror who creates laughter, pleasure and astonishment, as he allows[...]
Organdonationsforeningen
Organdonationsforeningen (The Danish Organ Donation Association) is a non-profit patient organization in Denmark dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding of[...]
Life Pink
LIFE PINK is a non-profit organisation committed to the fight against cancer, working to promote prevention, support people affected by[...]
Cap’Handicook
” Cape for capability. Cape for excellence “The ambition of the Cap’Handicook competition, launched in 2019 by chef Nicolas Cadet[...]
Souk El Tayeb
Souk El Tayeb is a Lebanese social enterprise founded in 2004 by Kamal Mouzawak to promote and preserve the country’s[...]
La Cuisine de Mariam (Mary’s Soup Kitchen)
Solidarity that nourishes thousands of lives every day. Born in the aftermath of the Beirut explosions, in the Karantina district,[...]
EAT
EAT is a non-profit organization founded by Gunhild Stordalen and the Strawberry Foundation (formerly Stordalen), dedicated to transforming the global[...]
ProVeg International
ProVeg International is a network of organizations sharing the mission to replace 50% of animal products globally with plant-based and[...]
Cuisine Mode d’Emploi(s)
The concept: free training courses in cookery, bakery, restaurant service, seafood products and pastry-making for people who have missed out[...]