Zero Waste Kitchen — Season 1, Episode 2: When Does Food Really Expire?
Reality, Documentary • 22 min • 1 season, 6 episodes
Episode synopsis
From use-by to best before, 80% of Singaporeans are confused by the terms printed on their food labels. What do these labels mean? And what happens if the product is past its expiry date? A typical household in Singapore throws away an average of 19.6kg of expired food every year. But does all of it have to be thrown away? Join our two kitchen amateurs, Kelvin and Ridhwan, as they go on a zero-waste journey to uncover when expired foods should actually be discarded. With the guidance of Chef Isaac Henry, our boys will learn essential pantry management, how to decode printed labels, and even hacks on how to use expired foods in everyday cooking! With hardly any cooking experience, how will Kelvin and Ridhwan fare in a zero waste cook-off against each other, using only expired goods?
About Zero Waste Kitchen
Welcome to a kitchen where no food gets wasted. Not wilted greens. Not innards. Not even fish scales. Accompanied by our zero-waste host, Chef Isaac Henry, our newbies get a taste of the possibilities of cooking with what is otherwise binned. Gurus will impart fascinating know-how on how to cook with stale breads, expired foods, ugly produce, bones and innards, and even food waste usually thought inedible.