Meet the finalists and watch them pitch their innovative solutions to tackling food waste in the hospitality, food markets and airline sectors!
This year City of Melbourne, Rocket Seeder and City of Bandung (Indonesia) joined forces to create the Melbourne-Bandung Food Waste Challenge. We invited startups, entrepreneurs, businesses and researchers to develop innovative solutions to the pressing economic and environmental issue of food waste experienced by industry partners in both Melbourne and Bandung.
Over the 10-week challenge, participating teams have worked directly with industry partners in both cities to understand and respond to their 'real-world' food waste challenges. They have undertaken 'back of house' tours of their business operations, interrogated industry data and market insights, participated in workshops and met with expert mentors and industry representatives to get feedback, test and validate their solutions.
The participating industry partners are: Showtime Events Group, Destiny Catering, Queen Victoria Market, Kosambi Market, Melbourne Airport, Garuda Indonesia
The finalists are now ready to pitch their best solutions!
Join us to watch their pitches and live Q&A with the judging panel as they compete for the opportunity to pilot their solution with one of the industry partners. Winners will be announced on the night and you will also have the opportunity to vote for your favourite to win the People's Choice Award.
Note: A livestream link will be available for our friends in Bandung to join us virtually.
