Every year the UK food industry wastes 1.9 million tons of food. A Failure of the Imagination shares the story of one chef and his efforts to change the way we approach food consumption in the country.
Five years ago, Douglas McMaster opened Silo Brighton hoping to change the unsustainable practices of modern food systems. His aim was simple yet frighteningly ambitions: create a zero waste restaurant that utilized all of the food that came through its doors. This is the story of that restaurants first five years.