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<\/p>\n\n Conversations about how diet impacts the climate crisis have ramped up this past year, with a UN report published in August 2019 suggesting that eating less meat and reducing food waste could help save the planet.\n <\/p>\n
\n So perhaps it\u2019s no surprise that top chefs are sitting up and taking notice, too.\n <\/p>\n
\n Dominque Crenn, a pioneering restaurateur with three Michelin stars to her name, has announced she\u2019ll no longer be serving meat in her portfolio of highly successful San Francisco eateries.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cMeat is complicated,\u201d she told CNN Travel in an interview about her meat-free decision. \u201cWe have to be thoughtful about the ecosystem that we\u2019re living in and not to destroy it because of the instant gratification and the demand of others.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n Concerned about the sometimes murky world of food provenance, Crenn decided it was easiest to remove meat from the menu altogether.\n <\/p>\n
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\n This decision didn\u2019t come out of the blue. Crenn\u2019s popular restaurants are known for dishing up veggie and fish-focused twists on traditional French cuisine.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cWhat people haven\u2019t talked about is [since] I opened Petit Crenn in 2015, it\u2019s been fully vegetarian and pescatarian, we didn\u2019t have any meat there,\u201d says Crenn. \u201cBut I never advertised it.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cAnd then Atelier has been meat free for the last two years.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n Crenn\u2019s upcoming project Boutique Crenn, due to open in San Francisco\u2019s Salesforce Tower in 2020, is set to be veggie-only, too.\n <\/p>\n
\n As a child growing up on a farm in France\u2019s northwestern Brittany region, Crenn was immersed in a culture where, she told CNN Travel back in 2018, there was \u201ca lot of care and connection with the soil.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cWhen I came here, it was very important to me, if I\u2019m getting into that business, I needed to understand where the food comes from,\u201d she adds now.\n <\/p>\n
\n Crenn personally sources her produce, whether it\u2019s vegetables, fish or meat. Often, she grows the vegetables on her own farm.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cI\u2019m not a pescatarian, I\u2019m not a vegetarian, but I\u2019m also a conscious person,\u201d Crenn says. \u201cAnd I know the impact of the way that we fix meat nowadays is not good. It\u2019s killing us, it\u2019s killing the planet.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n While Crenn feels a responsibility to address the problem, she also says she\u2019s not trying to \u201cimpose anything on anyone.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n Instead, the chef wants people to think about the consequences of their diet and come to their own conclusions.\n <\/p>\n
\n And while Crenn sees some positives in veganism, she doesn\u2019t intend to adopt that diet \u2013 either for herself or at her restaurants, expressing concern about the provenance of vegan products available on the market.\n <\/p>\n
\n As for fish \u2013 well, for now, it\u2019s still on the menu in some of her restaurants \u2013 but Crenn\u2019s going to keep considering that choice.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cFish also is a problem,\u201d Crenn says. \u201cSo don\u2019t be surprised if in a few years if I become all vegetarian.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n Crenn, who recently announced she is cancer-free following a diagnosis earlier this year, is known for being vocal and passionate about her beliefs.\n <\/p>\n
\n She\u2019s a champion of gender equality in the restaurant industry and culinary arts.\n <\/p>\n
\n While she was honored to be named the world\u2019s best female chef by the World\u2019s 50 Best Restaurants List in 2016, Crenn also expressed her frustration at the fact there was a separate category for women.\n <\/p>\n
\n The reaction to her new meat-free culinary philosophy, Crenn says, has been overwhelmingly positive and supportive.\n <\/p>\n
\n But if any naysayers protest meat\u2019s integral place in haute-cuisine, Crenn will shrug them off.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe decision doesn\u2019t come from what my guests want. The decision comes from what this planet needs. What decisions as humans we need to make for the planet to be better,\u201d she says.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cI\u2019m trying to make the best decision for my surroundings and the planet and myself. But I\u2019m not forcing anybody to do that.\n <\/p>\n
\n But what am I asking is \u2013 I really want people to think about their actions and their behavior and what they can impact on their own. And it\u2019s pretty easy. You know, the little things will go such a long way.\u201d\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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