Should serving non-seasonal food be outlawed? Gordon Ramsay thinks so. He recently spoke to the BBC News and told them his opinion. During the interview he said:
Chefs should be fined if they haven't got ingredients in season on their menu. I don't want to see asparagus on in the middle of December, I don't want to see strawberries from Kenya in the middle of March. I want to see it home grown.
He's so passionate about this, he's actually brought the issue to UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
However something tells me that England won't be seeing a ban anytime soon. There's big business in the food import industry, and shouldn't people have the right to choose what they want to eat? Sorry Gordon, but I disagree with you on this one. Also, do you think everything on his restaurants' menus are grown locally? The Guardian says they're not.
To watch the interview where Gordon speaks his mind, just read more.
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This is ridiculous. Why does everyone feel the solution to every problem is to get the government involved? Instead of fining these restaurants, urge your family and friends not to go, or to order only seasonal items when dining there... consumer demand will and can change the menu and the restaurant's stance on locally grown produce. There's no reason to have the government interfere... could you imagine all the red tape?
