Eat Just Inc. partners with Foodpanda, an Asian food and grocery delivery platform, to make what apparently will be the world's first home deliveries of cultured meat. Three restaurant-created dishes featuring Eat Just's cultured chicken will be available for delivery in Singapore beginning on Earth Day, April 22, for a limited time.
Singapore last December became the first country to approve cultured meat, and Eat Just quickly began selling its Good Meat cultured chicken through restaurant "1880." While the American company continues talks with additional restaurants in Singapore, JW Marriott Singapore South Beach soon will offer Good Meat dishes on the Foodpanda platform.
Starting April 22, diners will be able to place orders for the following chef-crafted Good Meat cultured chicken dishes via the Foodpanda app: Chicken & Rice with coconut rice, pak choi, sweet chili, chrysanthemums and microgreens; Katsu Chicken Curry with jasmine rice, heritage carrots, micro shiso and edible flowers; Chicken Caesar Salad with kale, romaine, edible flowers, shaved radish and plant-based Caesar dressing. All will be prepared by restaurant 1880.
Furthering the environmental benefits underlying cultured meat, the dishes will be packaged in an eco-friendly box made from sustainable bamboo fiber and resin and delivered by Foodpanda riders on e-bikes. "Customers will also enjoy a 360-degree immersive film that connects the delivery of Good Meat to the protection, preservation and restoration of our planet’s wild spaces," Eat Just's announcement noted. "A Google Cardboard headset is included in every order."
To commemorate this landmark occasion, Eat Just CEO Josh Tetrick will join Oscar-winning director Louie Psihoyos (“The Game Changers,” “Racing Extinction,” “The Cove”) and Bruce Friedrich, co-founder and executive director of The Good Food Institute, for a virtual town hall on the future of meat and its impact on people and the planet. The event will be early April 30 Singapore time, but Thursday April 29 here in the U.S.--9 p.m. EDT/6 p.m. PDT. It will be moderated by Chloe Sorvino, who leads food and agriculture coverage for Forbes. Registration for the virtual town hall is here.
