Nick Loosley is the founder of Everybody Eats and the Kiwibank New Zealander Local Hero of the Year 2020.

Nick completed his master’s degree in Green Economics at Schumacher University in England and as part of his studies, undertook action research at Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food and The Real Junk Food Project. Becoming educated in the issue of food waste as well as witnessing various ‘pay-as-you-feel’ restaurants servicing the community using food directed for landfill, he has brought the concept successfully in New Zealand.

Everybody Eats is a not-for-profit that takes food that would otherwise go to waste and turn it into a three-course meal! It is restaurant quality and the diners get table service and pay whatever they like. Everybody Eats' mission of reducing food waste, food poverty, and social isolation in New Zealand has to date saved more than 30 tonnes of good food from going into landfills and provided more than 30,000 restaurant-quality meals to people, most of whom could not afford to pay.

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