EAT Cook Club
The EAT Cook Club is a campaign to raise awareness of the positive impact healthy and sustainable food choices have on people and planet.
The science is clear, and we know each of us can make a difference in transforming our global food system with each bite.
Cook Club is a social-first recipe series that brings the Planetary Health Diet to life through culturally rooted food. Featuring chefs and food experts from around the world, the series turns science into something tangible, joyful, and achievable in everyday kitchens.
EAT Cook Club 2026
Frida Ronge – A Swedish chef known for her Nordic–Japanese, sustainability-led approach. Frida prepares a vegetarian okonomiyaki with seasonal mushrooms, highlighting plant-rich, home-friendly cooking.
Carlos Medeiros – Michelin-starred Portuguese chef based in Oslo. Carlos presents a locally sourced roe deer with lingonberries, framed as a special-occasion dish that reflects mindful, responsible meat consumption.
Laura Montaño Weaver – Mexican food scientist and gastronomy expert. Laura prepares a traditional chocolate pozol, connecting biodiversity, heritage, and nutrition.
Nitya Rao – Professor of Gender and Development and EAT-Lancet Commissioner. Nitya cooks a simple millet upma, demonstrating an affordable, nutritious staple rooted in everyday diets.
Walter Willett – Professor of Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and EAT-Lancet Commissioner. Walter makes a deliberately simple peanut-butter sandwich on wholegrain bread with carrot, underscoring the power of low-cost, accessible nutrition.
EAT Cook Club 2023
Wondering how to serve delicious Planetary Health Diet dishes in your own home? EAT Cook Club 2023 has gathered renowned chefs from around the world to show you how to create healthy and sustainable dishes that respect diverse cultural and geographical traditions, minimize food waste, and draw on new and old culinary techniques.
Throughout October, six talented chefs will be whipping up some seriously delicious dishes, inspired by the Planetary Health Diet. Ready to be inspired? Watch the videos on EAT’s Instagram page for the next five weeks.
Jessie Liu’s Bento Box
Bento box of multigrain rice, stir-fried gai lan with pork, braised bamboo shoots with kelp knots, and miso-roasted pumpkin
Nicola Kagoro’s African Platter
African platter of samp, fried greens, butter beans, and roasted veg
Moonhyung & Ryan’s Cucumber Kimchi
Bento box of multigrain rice, stir-fried gai lan with pork, braised bamboo shoots with kelp knots, and miso-roasted pumpkin
Lorenzo Tirelli’s Chickpea Panelle
Chef Lorenzo Tirelli’s work is an interplay of upcycling, flavor, and fermentation. Carrying with him a deep sense of pride in the food traditions of…
Claudia Sántiz’s Potato Tortitas
Claudia has her roots in the Tzotzil indigenous community in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas.
EAT Cook Club 2021
We’ve teamed up with a range of experts to look into the food we eat and provide bite-sized explanations of some of the challenges and opportunities connected with the food we eat and our global food systems.
We’ve also got some of the best chefs from around the world to show you how we can all make a positive contribution to human and planetary health from our very own kitchens. Our friends at Brut are showcasing these sustainable and tasty spins on our favourite dishes between 11-15 October. Check out everything from burgers and pasta to stir fry and stew, have a go yourself and share your dishes on social media with #EATcookclub.
These resources will show you more about the food we eat, our global food systems and what you can do to help:
Sam Kass, chef and policy advisor to President Obama, sets the scene by telling us how our food choices can change the course of human history if we act now.
The EAT-GlobeScan survey, Grains of Truth, shows you what consumers round the world see as the biggest issues in food and who they think has the power to make the change we need.
Scientists from some of the world’s leading research institutions talk about food’s role in climate and how changes to our eating habits can shift the balance in planetary and human health.
The team at NowThis help us look at what the future holds for some of our favourite indulgences – are our kids only going to be able to talk about chocolate and wine rather than try it?
We’ve even got guidelines for the ranges of different foods that can support human health and environmental sustainability.
The science is clear, and we know we can only transform our global food system if we all work together. So, check out the chefs videos, have a go yourself and share it on social media with #EATcookclub and let’s get everyone making small, delicious changes.
A little goes a long way, so Look, Cook, Share!
Anahita Dhondy’s steamed fish
“When did you last try something new in the kitchen?” asked Anahita Dhondy. Try her Parsi-style steamed fish as part of EAT Cook Club. Get…
May Chow’s mushroom burger
A lover of burgers and the planet, May Chow cooks up a mushroom burger to compete with the best of them, as part of EAT…
Alejandra Schrader’s vegetarian pasta
LA based Alejandra Schrader gives us her take on a veggie pasta as part of EAT Cook Club. Get involved and make your own version…
Manal Alalem’s stir fry
Watch World Food Programme ambassador Manal Alalem cook up a healthy stir fry with a middle eastern twist for EAT Cook Club. Get involved by…
