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| Making no bones about doggy-bags | Making no bones about doggy-bags |
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| A television chef has backed a supermarket's call for British diners to ask for doggy-bags to take food home in - even at top class restaurants. | A television chef has backed a supermarket's call for British diners to ask for doggy-bags to take food home in - even at top class restaurants. |
| Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall agreed with an article in Waitrose Magazine urging more people to take home unfinished food when eating out. | Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall agreed with an article in Waitrose Magazine urging more people to take home unfinished food when eating out. |
| He said: "I've been asking for doggy-bags for years and never been refused one - it's a shame to waste good food." | He said: "I've been asking for doggy-bags for years and never been refused one - it's a shame to waste good food." |
| 20 million tonnes of food are thrown away each year in Britain. | 20 million tonnes of food are thrown away each year in Britain. |
| That includes three million tonnes from restaurants alone, according to figures from Wrap, the government's environmental pressure group. | That includes three million tonnes from restaurants alone, according to figures from Wrap, the government's environmental pressure group. |
| Waitrose Magazine's editor, William Sitwell, said: "The amount of waste restaurants generate is appalling. | Waitrose Magazine's editor, William Sitwell, said: "The amount of waste restaurants generate is appalling. |
| People would rather be asked for a doggy-bag than have food coming back into the kitchen on a plate Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall class="" href="/2/hi/talking_point/8240496.stm">Doggy-bags: Your comments | |
| "But diners need to get over their embarrassment, and restaurants need to encourage their waiters to offer it." | "But diners need to get over their embarrassment, and restaurants need to encourage their waiters to offer it." |
| Asking for doggy-bags is customary in America - but in Britain many are hamstrung by embarrassment when it comes to saving leftovers. | Asking for doggy-bags is customary in America - but in Britain many are hamstrung by embarrassment when it comes to saving leftovers. |
| But Mr Fearnley Whittingstall said: "There's no need to be shy - any of the chefs in our places would be more than happy to give a doggy-bag. | But Mr Fearnley Whittingstall said: "There's no need to be shy - any of the chefs in our places would be more than happy to give a doggy-bag. |
| "People would rather be asked for a doggy-bag than have food coming back into the kitchen on a plate which suggests they didn't really like it." | "People would rather be asked for a doggy-bag than have food coming back into the kitchen on a plate which suggests they didn't really like it." |
| One listener told BBC Radio 4's PM programme they had been refused a doggy-bag in a top London restaurant. | One listener told BBC Radio 4's PM programme they had been refused a doggy-bag in a top London restaurant. |
| But Mr Fearnley Whittingstall has never had that problem. He said: "I've eaten in some pretty fancy places - I've asked for doggy-bags in Michelin-starred restaurants. | But Mr Fearnley Whittingstall has never had that problem. He said: "I've eaten in some pretty fancy places - I've asked for doggy-bags in Michelin-starred restaurants. |
| "Chefs are quite happy with the idea - this isn't something that is frowned-on." | "Chefs are quite happy with the idea - this isn't something that is frowned-on." |
| Other leading chefs to have backed the practice include Chris Galvin and Michel Roux, head chef at the two-star Michelin restaurant Le Gavroche in central London. | Other leading chefs to have backed the practice include Chris Galvin and Michel Roux, head chef at the two-star Michelin restaurant Le Gavroche in central London. |