With the summer barbecue season well underway, safefood and Folk Wunderman Thompson have launched a new creative campaign inform and educate consumers about the importance of meat thermometers. With new statistics showing that fewer than 2% of people follow three basic food safety checks to determine if meat is cooked, this campaign educates home cooks on the correct use of a meat thermometer to protect their family and friends from a barbecue disaster.
Insights revealed that those that did use meat thermometers were not using it correctly or often enough. With long-awaited entertaining returning to houses and gardens around the country Trust the Meat Thermometer campaign wants to convert home cooks into something more, making them not only safer but better cooks to deliver entertaining success. The campaign creative positions the meat thermometer as the best voice in the room that home cooks need to listen to when cooking meat.
Keith Lawler, Creative Director, Folk Wunderman Thompson said: ‘For many Irish BBQers, using a meat thermometer goes against everything we stand for, we judge how well our meat is cooked by instinct alone, often with terrible consequences. To change this behaviour we needed to do something very different, to create interest and standout. We positioned the Meat Thermometer as an unusual but helpful BBQ guest, reinforcing the usual checks of “juices running clear” “piping hot” and “doesn’t look pink” with well-cooked logic. When your meat reaches 75 degrees Celsius, it is perfectly and safely cooked. We needed to make 75 degrees synonymous with safely cooked meat and we hope to hear it exclaimed in back gardens up and down the country all summer long.”
Dr Aileen McGloin, Director of Marketing & Communications with safefood adds: “With this campaign, we really wanted to engage barbeque cooks with a clear, memorable food safety message that also had a quirky, fun side. Foods like burgers, chicken, sausages, and kebabs must be cooked thoroughly to 75 degrees Celsius and using a meat thermometer is the fail-safe method to ensure you are serving up a safe and tasty barbecue this summer. Through a combination of humour and practical advice, we hope the campaign encourages more people to trust a meat thermometer when cooking.”
The Trust the Meat Thermometer campaign is live across VOD, DOOH, Display, social media and in butcher’s shops”.
Credits:
Agency: Folk Wunderman Thompson
Creative Director: Keith Lawler
Art Director: Dean Ryan
Strategic Planners: Rachel Haslam, Derwin Myers
Account Team: Trevi Donegan (Account Director), Mathilde Paus (Snr Account Manager), Clare O’Reilly (Account Executive), Laura Kelly (Client Service Director)
Agency Producer: Eric Brindley
Production: Strangelove and Spiceburger
Photography: Bunsenmedia
Media Agency: PHD
Social & Content Manager: Sorcha Kelly
Copywriter: Michael Whelan
