On the occasion of World Food Day, Beirut played host to the funkiest food salvage event in history: Disco Soup! This event in Lebanon only goes to show how funk-a-licious Beirutis are when it comes to food and this important eco event.

 

The Beirut Food Disco brunch took place on October 19, and it was hosted by Food Blessed and Slow Food Beirut. Organizers said everyone was invited to a free party of peeling, preparing surplus food, while jamming to dance music.

 

This is food that otherwise would have gone to waste.

 

Fun as it may be to eat free food and dance, the ultimate goal was to raise awareness to food waste globally.

 

Since the beginning of 2012, the Disco Soup anti-food waste phenomenon has spread to Holland, Belgium, Canada, Colombia and South Korea, serving thousands of meals to the sound of dance music, sparking creativity, boldness and solidarity amongst people of all origins, ages and social backgrounds.

 

And now Lebanon has joined the movement.

 

The menu called for 300kgs of salvaged food, one celebrity chef, a handful of DJs, peelers and knives.

 

Foodblessed is a community-driven, volunteer-based, local hunger relief initiative run by a group of volunteers with a passion and will to fight hunger in Lebanon. Their mission combines environmental and social responsibility.

 

Follow Disco Soup Lebanon’s people over on Foodblessed.