Singaporeans, you can now get Forged Gras island-wide 📢 with Black Cow by Sam Chua — our newest partner, serving our newest dish: the Forged Gras Don. Taking our Forged Gras, Sam is caramelising it golden in a savoury-sweet reduction, smothering it in wagyu beef, and plating it in-store and on Grab. But wait! That's right, there’s more! If seeking something a bit more more, gourmands-on-the-go can also taste the Forged Gras Kushiage, the (not-so-secret, secret) Forged Gras Handroll (the secret is it's only available only on Grab), or enjoy a Glazed Forged Gras add-on. ....and you’ll just have to order it to find out more. In fact, why not order it right now? 👀https://lnkd.in/gCSc7n3N George Peppou Dalia Adler PeakBridge Prosperity7 Ventures Blackbird Square Peg Green Queen Media
Vow
Biotechnology
We're on a mission to make sustainable food both irresistible and available to billions of people with cultured meat
About us
Vow is a cultured meat company, founded and operated in Sydney, Australia. We’re a multidisciplinary team of scientists, technologists and designers, all working together to make sustainable food both irresistible and available to billions of people.
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www.eatvow.com
External link for Vow
- Industry
- Biotechnology
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Sydney
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2019
Locations
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Primary
Sydney, AU
Employees at Vow
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Michal Klar
Michal Klar is an Influencer Backing climate food agri tech founders in Asia Pacific, GP of Better Bite Ventures
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Stanley Lam
Engineering Manager of Data & Analytics and Automation at Vow
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Peter Ostick
Co-Founder Soma Byron | Investor | Peak Performance | Health Span | Jiu Jitsu | Soma Collective Podcast
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Simon Newstead
Backing impact founders. GP of Better Bite Ventures. Let's make this world better 🔸🌱
Updates
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In a full circle moment (!!), enjoy Forged by Mandala Club — à la carte at POPI’s, by Executive Chef Jack Allibone. From The Square, Angler, and Simpsons to Singapore's private members club, Chef Jack now brings his craft and intentionality to the future of food: Forged (Gras and Parfait). That's right. Both Forged by Vow products. In one place. That place being Mandala Club. On the à la carte menu. And events menu. Boom. And as always (with Forged, not necessarily our industry) you can taste it right now. In fact, why not go there for lunch? Great shout. Book here mandala.club/
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In 2024, Joe Fassler outlined a lot of wrongs in the cultured meat industry in — what did he just say about Vow? 👀 https://bit.ly/4gIotVv George Peppou Dalia Adler Ellen Dinsmoor Jeroen Boersma Ines Lizaur PeakBridge Prosperity7 Ventures Blackbird Square Peg Green Queen Media The Good Food Institute APAC Fast Company
At first glance, a quail parfait served at New York Climate Week looked like any fine dining fare: a rich, rosy paste topped with pickled pepper, an edible flower, and a dusting of cotija. But its conventional presentation masked a deeper truth. This meal is unorthodox, even radical. In some ways, it’s unlike anything the world has ever seen. The parfait wasn’t made in the traditional way of pâté and foie gras, from liver. It was grown from the connective tissue cells of a Japanese quail embryo harvested years ago and genetically induced by Australian biotech startup Vow to multiply forever in the lab. To call the quail “lab-grown meat” would be a misnomer. This jellylike version of quail was grown in a genuine cell-meat factory, the first and largest of its kind. Specifically, in a 30-foot-tall, 15,000-liter tank at Vow’s plant in Sydney, where, as of this writing, the company can produce 2,000 pounds of quail every month. And Vow is just getting started. Read the story, published in partnership with The Food & Environment Reporting Network: https://bit.ly/4gIotVv [Illustrations: Paulina Almira]
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Dreaming of lunch already? 🍱 It’s Friday — treat yourself to the Forged Gras Don bowl from Black Cow. Decadence delivered, on Grab https://lnkd.in/gCSc7n3N
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When Chef Masa Takayama previewed Forged Gras at Bar Masa, we gave 20 New York journos an answer to the question: when was the last time you tasted something for the first time? The 13th of November was a night of “the first, guilt-free taste of foie gras”, with Chef Masa preparing a Forged Gras x Japanese degustation fit for the most discerning gourmand. Plated alongside maitake and even fish pasta, one WIRED journalist noted, “The meal was decadent—one course featurxed a mountain of black truffle—but that was mostly the point.” And Chef Masa’s eight course meal was exactly that, a decadent testament to food innovation, “I was very intrigued to know more about Forged Gras, it was fun for my team to come up with dishes that could highlight its nuanced flavour.” But why New York? Just like George Peppou says, “Just because Californians can’t do something, doesn’t mean something can’t be done.” Forged Gras, available now. Robb Report The Washington Post Ashley Day Aaron Mok Blake Montgomery Cara Buckley H. Claire Brown Gabriella Ferrigine Jordan Valinsky Justin Ocean Karla Alindahao Kimberly Chin Mark Langley Rachel Atcheson Tim Carman Wilson Rothman Tracy Wholf Dalia Adler
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"Peppou is taking a leaf – or maybe a quail feather – out of Tesla’s book on how to scale up." You can read more great lines like this (about us!) in The Sydney Morning Herald https://lnkd.in/gkHncgrk David Swan George Peppou Dalia Adler Nicholas Chilton Bevan Shields
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For decades, foie gras has disappeared from menus and conversations. Last week, we brought it back. Forged Gras — a foie gras made from cultured Japanese quail — made its official debut last Tuesday, and the “rich and sensuous” bite left some with a few things to say (that you can read here!). Revered as the “first public, guilt-free taste of foie gras”, Forged Gras seems to have flipped the script — breaking the taboo and inviting indulgence to reclaim its place at the table. Yum. Thanks Robb Report Tori Latham The Washington Post Tim Carman South China Morning Post SCMP Yujie Xue The Sydney Morning Herald David Swan WIRED Matt Reynolds
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Vow reposted this
Cultured meat by Vow was served in six countries across four continents in the past week! 🇮🇸🇦🇺🇺🇸🇭🇰🇸🇬🇦🇿
COP29 Azerbaijan attendees convene for a 'Singapore Evening,' featuring Vow’s Forged Parfait, crafted from cultivated Japanese quail! 🌏 🇸🇬 The event was hosted by the Singapore Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu, and attended by international delegates, COP SG Pavilion partners, and government representatives. This gathering serves as a valuable networking platform for Singapore to engage international partners, strengthen relations, and advance collaborative opportunities for climate action. 👏 Vow announced their Singapore Food Agency approval earlier this year, making the Australian startup the second company to receive such regulatory approval following GOOD Meat, which received a green light for their cultivated chicken in 2020. 🎉 This is the third consecutive year that Singapore has showcased alternative proteins on its Singapore Evening menu. The tradition began with GOOD Meat's cultivated chicken at COP27 in Egypt. Last year, dishes featuring Solein—a unique protein powder made by feeding microbes with gases and nutrients—were featured at COP28 in Dubai. Cheers to Singapore for continuing to lead the way towards a sustainable global food system! 📸: Samuel Goh
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Hong Kong, we’ve arrived – but don’t think we came empty-handed! Say hello to our newest product Forged Gras, a foie gras made from cultured Japanese quail, coming to your streets in a deliberately different way. In an eccentric izakaya hidden in the heart of Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Forged has launched into Hong Kong with The Aubrey. At one of Asia’s 50 Best Bars (# 10!), delight and indulge in Forged Parfait as it arrives in a shroud of sencha smoke and under a veil of chives. And for a limited time, pair Forged Parfait with Senses — a fresh take on an old fashioned, fat-washed with Forged Gras to deliver a deep, rich flavour complemented by layers of herbal notes and a touch of nuttiness from the Amontillado sherry. TLDR; So there we have it. We are in our second market, Hong Kong. Our second product, Forged Gras, pays homage to the classic — a richly satisfying fatty liver experience — but surprises with the deliberately different and subtle, clean, refined flavours of Japanese quail. And where else could we launch such a decadence, if not for The Aubrey's gilded halls at the Mandarin Oriental. Ready for you to enjoy in the clouds of Hong Kong, right now https://lnkd.in/gn-j3TAr George Peppou Dalia Adler PeakBridge Prosperity7 Ventures Blackbird Green Queen Media Square Peg
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Could you run a bioreactor from a Raspberry Pi? Technically.... yes, according to Tiaan Stals (our Software Engineer Manager). But only with Vow Process Control. And then, one must ask, should you? Only time (and the article) will tell 👀 https://lnkd.in/gH8-9wtX
I am really excited to share a little glimpse into one of the many things we have been working on at Vow. Working at Vow is really challenging - every day you are faced with problems that don’t have easy answers. I think the only reason Vow is able to deliver where others have failed is due to its people and culture. The people really care, and come in every day with a mindset to do everything to ensure we achieve our ambitious mission. The culture enables our people to do their best work. In this case - we developed an in-house bioreactor control system pushing the boundaries of cell culture production. I feel its important to share the kind of work we do here at Vow. It’s unique. For people who enjoy building new things and solving difficult problems - I can hardly imagine a better place to work. Please have a read of the blog post sharing the full journey here: https://lnkd.in/gGqwcMJ6