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.
Les Restos du Cœur
Is it still necessary to introduce them? Founded by Coluche in 1985, this association aims “to help and provide voluntary[...]
Grandma Sita
Grandma Sita is a purpose-driven food education initiative founded by Chef Grandma Sita, dedicated to building a zero-waste, plant-based kitchen[...]
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[...]
La Source
There are places that truly live up to their name. La Source is where everything begins. It is a culinary[...]
Souk El Tayeb
Souk El Tayeb is a Lebanese social enterprise founded in 2004 by Kamal Mouzawak to promote and preserve the country’s[...]
Kelmarna Community Farm
Located in the heart of Auckland, New Zealand, Kelmarna Community Farm is an organic community farm that has been in[...]
Chef Ann Foundation
The Chef Ann Foundation (CAF) was created in 2009 by chef Ann Cooper, who believes that healthy school food is[...]
Fondation Apprentis d’Auteuil
Apprentis d’Auteuil Foundation, a Catholic foundation recognized as being of public interest, has been supporting vulnerable young people for over[...]
Bondir.e
Passionate about their profession and determined to change the world for the good of all, some twenty female chefs have[...]
The Edible Schoolyard Project
The Edible Schoolyard Project, a non-profit organization founded in 1995 by Alice Waters, was born of the idea of transforming[...]
Cap’Handicook
” Cape for capability. Cape for excellence “The ambition of the Cap’Handicook competition, launched in 2019 by chef Nicolas Cadet[...]
UNESCO
The only United Nations organization with a mandate for education, science and culture, UNESCO develops and coordinates global standards and[...]
Bake For Ukraine
Bake for Ukraine is a non-profit organization that shares traditional Ukrainian bread recipes and collects donations to help Ukrainian bakeries[...]
Gastronomía Social
Changing the world through food is the mission of the Social Gastronomy Foundation (Fundación Gastronomía Social). The association, co-founded in[...]
Stars and Women
Des Étoiles et des Femmes was initiated in September 2015 by La Table de Cana, the association Festin and Marseille[...]
Good Bread From Good People
Good Bread from Good People is a Ukrainian inclusive platform that supports individuals with intellectual disabilities, helping them gain stable[...]
KOCK PÅ GÅNG
Kock på Gång (Chefs in the Making) is an innovative Swedish initiative that uses cooking as a tool for social[...]
World Food Programme
Since 1962, the UN-affiliated World Food Programme has distributed millions of meals worldwide. This humanitarian organization intervenes in emergencies to[...]
FONDS LA PANIERE
The Fonds La Panière is a shareholder foundation created by the Cantenot family, founders of La Panière, to preserve a[...]
Gastromotiva
Founded in 2006, by chef and social entrepreneur David Hertz Gastromotiva is an NGO whose mission is based in four[...]
Zero Foodprint Asia
” The solution is under our feet.” Driven by this belief, Chef Peggy Chan launched the Zero Foodprint Asia movement[...]
The Burnt Chef Project
Kris Hall began taking black-and-white photographs to raise awareness of mental health issues in the hospitality industry. Around him, the[...]
Ethic Ocean
Ethic Ocean mobilizes all professionals in the fishing and aquaculture sector by encouraging good practices in favor of preserving the[...]
Arpejeh
The French association arpejeh supports disabled youth aged 15 to 30 in their educational and professional careers. It promotes their[...]
World Food Programme
They are often the first to arrive on the scene in emergency situations. The World Food Program, created in 1961,[...]
L’école comestible
“We dream of a world that gives everyone the right to eat well, and where all children have access to[...]
Victoire de la Dignité
Victoire de la Dignité is a limited art collection of champagne that is part of Mariia Didkovska’s Victory of Dignity[...]
Media Social Factory
Inspired by the Cuisine Mode d’Emploi(s) model, Mathilde de l’Ecotais opened Media Social Factory in 2018, a school that trains[...]
Tortellante
Tortellante is a therapeutic laboratory delivering vocational and qualifications where on-the- spectrum teenagers and adults learn to make fresh pasta[...]
Electrolux Food Foundation
Established in 2016, Electrolux Food Foundation is an independent non-profit organization. Its mission is to encourage healthier, more sustainable food[...]
Marie Curry
“Cooking is one of the few things women take with them into exile. It’s a transferable skill that makes it[...]
Compagnie fruitière endowment fund
After a decade of action in the fields of health, education, culture and sustainable development, the Compagnie Fruitière Endowment Fund[...]
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[...]
Amas da Terra
AMAS DA TERRA est un mouvement collectif informel né en Galice, initié notamment par la cheffe Lucía Freitas. Il rassemble[...]
This Is About Humanity
Every year, thousands of families find themselves separated/reunited at the border between Mexico and the United States. This Is About[...]
Let’s Chow
Let’s Chow is a non-profit organization founded by chef Jordan Foley to help U.S. military veterans and their spouses get[...]
Léon Bérard
The Centre Léon Bérard is a renowned cancer treatment center in Lyon. It was founded in 1969 by Professor Léon[...]
Ernest
Ernest is named after Hemingway, the favorite writer of chef Eva Jaurena, who founded the association in 2015. Little Ernest[...]
Pompiers Solidaires
Pompiers Solidaires (Solidarity Firefighters) is a French humanitarian NGO composed of volunteers with diverse skills. It operates in France and[...]
Culinary For Social Change
Culinary for Social Change (CSC) is an organization based in Ghana that uses gastronomy as a tool for social, economic,[...]
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[...]
Ecole de Félix
Founded in 2005, the NGO FONDATION ÉCOLE DE FÉLIX has the following missions: A primary school delivers basic education to[...]
Comal Heritage Food Incubator
The Comal Heritage Food Incubator is an integrated program of the Focus Points Family Resource Center in Denver, USA. It[...]
Autisme 31
Autisme 31 is a family association that offers leisure activities for children, teenagers and adults with autism.It organizes exchange groups[...]
TanoBa Meal
TanoBa is a Japanese social enterprise founded in 2023 by three former Yahoo! Japan employees with an ambitious mission: to[...]
Southern Smoke
Southern Smoke Foundation’s mission is to create a healthier and more sustainable food and beverage (F+B) industry by providing emergency[...]
Concours de la Cuisine Durable
The Sustainable Cooking Competition, organized by the Foundation for Sustainable Cuisine, highlights a new generation of chefs who believe gastronomy[...]
LINKEE
Linkee – Entraide Étudiante is the first food aid association dedicated to students in France. Founded in 2016 with the[...]
Social Gastronomy Movement
The Social Gastronomy Movement is a global initiative founded by David Hertz, a Brazilian chef and social entrepreneur, that uses[...]
Docteur CLOWN
As a marginal, offbeat character, the clown is a distorting mirror who creates laughter, pleasure and astonishment, as he allows[...]