The 'Master Chef Australia' judge asked people to fight food waste

New Delhi, June 7: Large garbage bags from homes or hotels are heavily loaded with food waste. Chef George Calamburis, the best judge in the long-running reality competitive cooking game show "Master Chef Australia", feels he can not waste food and buy only what you eat. "We need to be more aware of what we buy, also what we buy from supermarkets. For instance, carrots don't always grow perfectly straight out of the ground, they're a vegetable, it's okay to buy something that's not 'perfect' as it's still delicious," the chef told IANS in an email interaction from Melbourne.

"Don't buy more than you need and make sure you use the left overs. Nothing should go to waste," he added. In his case, it's not all about preaching. The celebrity chef, who owns 10 restaurants in Australia, joined forces with OzHarvest -- Australia's food rescue charity -- and served free food in Melbourne last year. "OzHarvest is all about being socially conscious about the amount of food we waste... we could feed the world's homeless with the amount of food we waste, so I throw my full support behind this charity.

"They collect food from my restaurants here in Melbourne and it's re-purposed to feed others not so fortunate." That's not the only charity he is associated with. He has his eyes and appetite set on Sri Lanka, where he will be hosted by Cinnamon Life, an upcoming premier lifestyle property in Colombo. He arrived Sunday from Thursday to Sunday for culinary events, along with a master class and a charity auction that helps build a cancer hospital in rural areas south of the village on Saturday.

"This is my first time to Sri Lanka, I can't wait! I've heard lots of terrific things from Matt Preston ('MasterChef Australia' co-judge), so I'm really keen to experience it all for myself," said the advocate of healthy eating habits. Asked about a diet chart to be followed, he said: "Everyone's diet should be different, whole food and real food, it needs to be balanced. You should still treat yourself to the good things in life... just be balanced." He is also no stranger to controversy.

There were reports that a man had filed a suit against the celebrity chef's Hellenic Republic restaurant in Kew, at Melbourne in Australia, last month claiming that he was infected with a norovirus while dining at the restaurant in 2014. Shortly after the Caliberis attack on 19-year-old youths in Sydney were charged."Unfortunately, sometimes people 's profile has attracted more media interest and some stories have been reported in a certain way to sell a story .What' s really important for me and what is the subject of controversial facts?".