A choose group of diners within the nation’s capital sat all the way down to a historic meal of charcoal-grilled cultivated rooster, marking the first-ever sale of GOOD Meat in the US. The landmark dinner at China Chilcano by José Andrés will honor the late Willem van Eelen, who’s broadly often called the “godfather of cultivated meat” and would have celebrated his one centesimal birthday yesterday, July 4, 2023.
Among the many diners having fun with Andrés’ mouthwatering new dish, “Anticuchos de Pollo,” had been van Eelen’s daughter Ira and his grandson, Kick. Willem was a Dutch researcher, entrepreneur and prisoner of struggle who made it his life’s mission to understand the promise of secure, sustainable meat manufacturing from cells as an alternative of stay animals. After his passing, Ira turned a good friend and advisor to GOOD Meat.
“I’m proud that GOOD Meat is launching with José Andrés, starting a brand new custom of how Individuals will eat meat within the many many years forward. I’m additionally humbled that our firm can honor Willem van Eelen’s lasting legacy at this centennial celebration,” mentioned Josh Tetrick, co-founder and CEO of GOOD Meat and Eat Simply.
The dinner of cultivated rooster marinated with anticucho sauce, native potatoes and ají Amarillo chimichurri, got here two weeks after GOOD Meat, the cultivated meat division of meals expertise firm Eat Simply, Inc., acquired full U.S. regulatory approval to promote its rooster to American customers. The occasion preceded China Chilcano’s official menu debut of the dish, which will probably be served weekly in restricted portions, by reservation solely, starting later this summer season.
“The large day is right here, the rooster is right here, and individuals are going to be speaking. It is a first for the historical past of humanity,” mentioned Andrés as he ready China Chilcano’s new rooster dish in his take a look at kitchen on June 30. Andrés added that he chosen his award-winning Peruvian idea as the primary to supply GOOD Meat as a result of “Peru is a rustic of many civilizations without delay.”
“I’m grateful {that a} promise my father made many years in the past has come true. I’m so completely happy we will cease speaking about it and go eat it as a result of tasting is believing. That is the meat we love and belief, simply made in a greater method,” mentioned Ira van Eelen, who has continued in her father’s footsteps as a worldwide champion for cultivated meat.
GOOD Meat stays the world’s first-to-market cultivated meat firm, successful a number of regulatory approvals for its rooster in Singapore in 2020 and 2021. In January 2023, the agency acquired a key clearance that paves the way in which for better scalability, decrease manufacturing prices and a extra sustainable product.
Reservations to expertise the Anticuchos de Pollo opened July 25, with tables obtainable as of July 31.
