Japanese Three Michelin Star Chef to Speak at UN World Oceans Day Conference

NEW YORK - May 23, 2022 - PRLog -- Executive chef Shinobu Namae of restaurant L'Effervescence in Tokyo will give a speech about the importance of collective action to revitalize the oceans' health for World Oceans Day on June 8. Namae will represent Relais and Châteaux at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York and the speech will be broadcasted digitally for global audiences.

In addition to his work as an executive chef, Namae is pursuing his doctorate in Microeconomics of Agriculture at the University of Tokyo. He is a part of the Laboratory of Food and Resource Economics conducting an evidence based study on how our food system operates and the implications of how we choose food consumption. Furthermore, Namae is a free diver in his spare time to explore and document the health of the marine ecosystems in the coastal waters of Japan. Through his research, diving, and work at L'Effervescence Namae strives to identify what we should eat to build the future that we want to see.

"A chef doesn't only cook delicious things. A chef is a person who can connect the producers and eaters to agree upon an absolute idea that every life is important. We have to pave the broken road between nature and culture to show how we are all connected."
-Chef Shinobu Namae, L'Effervescence

This year's UN theme for World Oceans Day is "Revitalization: Collective Action for the Ocean," to restore a sense of vitality to our mindsets and help the ocean regain its vibrancy. In conjunction, Relais and Châteaux's World Oceans Day theme is Seaweed Symphony, promoting the use of seaweed as a hero in the fight against climate change. The ocean sustains and connects us all, and its health is of utmost importance for future generations to prosper.

The speech will be broadcasted from 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. EST at https://unworldoceansday.org/2022 (https://unworldoceansday.org/un-world-oceans-day-2022/). To stay up-to-date with the restaurant's activities and connect with L'Effervescence, follow https://www.instagram.com/leffervescence/?hl=en on Instagram.