I wonder if my grand-mother restaurant network can make it under the "ideas saving energy" category.

It works like that:

• we invite a grand mother – carefully selected by professional eaters – who will cook for the evening with the help of a restaurant’s team.

• people show up at the place around 6:30pm for an apero.

• the food is served between 19h30 and 20h30.

• we install big tables to create a friendly atmosphere.

• at the end of the night, you can propose your grand mother and if she makes unforgettable food, she might be the next star!

The advantages are numerous:

- instead of having 50 people turning their kitchen on, you only have one restaurant!

- grandmas are known to work with old techniques rather than electrical devices, so their carbon footprint is much lesser than your average 20 something cook

- grandmas hate planes, so they will usually show up by car or better, train or bike

- grandmas always do too much food, which can then be reused to make bio ethanol or something really snazzy like that.

More info on http://www.liftlab.com/blog/english/921/...>