Jordy Navarra won the Flor de Caña sustainable restaurant award in 2023. His philosophy is based on using local food while avoiding waste. After working in kitchens all over the world, he now excels at his craft in his native Philippines. His cuisine is developed with his team around the use of local, organic and traceable ingredients, as well as relationships with people who have a positive impact on the Philippines. With his restaurant Toyo Eatery, this committed chef aims to support local communities. In 2022, for example, he organized a dinner to raise funds for the Friends-of-Farmers (Good Food Co) project to promote climate resilience.
Organization
Good Food Co
Since 2011, Good Food Co (Philippines) has been turning consumers into co-producers through an alternative food system based on ecological and ethical agriculture. This idea, known as “community shared agriculture” supports small holder farmers and the local economy. The organization represents a genuine commitment to the future of the environment, biodiversity and the community. Several initiatives deserve to be highlighted, such as Friends-of-Farmers, which helps protect farmers’ livelihoods against the climate emergency, or Food Today, Food Tomorrow, which supports the mutual aid efforts of the urban poor in Metro Manila. Good Food Community upholds the right to food for all Filipinos and offers citizens concrete ways to be in solidarity.
