Corinne Ooms

Forager, food scientist, and runner-up Alone Australia Season 3

Corinne Ooms, forager, food scientist, and runner-up Alone Australia S3

In this episode of Three Food Memories, you’ll meet a forager, food scientist, and the longest‑lasting female contestant on Alone Australia, who endured 70 days in the Tasmanian wilderness before tapping out. 

We should mention - she didn’t tap out because she’d run out of food, or her shelter had blown away…it was for another, far more important reason. 

On the menu is: the wallaby and fern soup that got her through 70 days in the wilderness, Scottish potato scones, and Filipino pancit, along with musings on foraging, life, losing a parent, and becoming a parent for the first time. 

Corinne's social cause is food waste and food security, because working in the food industry, she sees firsthand how much perfectly good food gets thrown out every day from farms, factories, retailers, hospitality, all the way to households! Corinne believes it is heartbreaking and there needs to be more consumer awareness and policy changes in regards to this issue. 

Some food rescue organisations to check out are: 

OzHarvest

FoodBank

This episode was recorded while Corinne was back in her childhood bedroom in Inverness, Scotland.