Thread by @chefjoseandres

5 years ago #HurricaneMaria hit the island of Puerto Rico.. the lives of millions of people changed forever. I got on the first flight I could get & when I landed it was devastation like I've never seen before. So we @WCKitchen did the only thing we knew, started cooking... 🇵🇷

I'm a cook, and what I saw around me everywhere was so many people who what they needed was a hot meal. From my friend Jose Enrique's restaurant in Santurce @WCKitchen started making Sancocho. We started with one pot, one kitchen but so quickly #ChefsForPuertoRico grew.

https://twitter.com/chefjoseandres/status/912780691854815232

What I saw was too many people in conference rooms making plans... making plans while people went hungry. So we cooked.. after just few days @WCKitchen #ChefsForPuertoRico opened a second kitchen. Volunteers from all over came to help. Puerto Ricans feeding Puerto Ricans!

https://twitter.com/chefjoseandres/status/913505602697138176

I will never forget the people, thousands who joined #ChefsForPuertoRico to help their fellow neighbors.. endless supplies of Love & Empathy through food. I learned so much, so much that shaped @WCKitchen today.. listening to communities & working with the urgency of NOW.

The #ChefsForPuertoRico team served nearly 4 million meals after Maria.. reaching every municipality on the island with food trucks, restaurants, volunteers.. This team built @WCKitchen for what we have now been doing for 5 years.. using food to heal & strengthen communities.

5 years later.. @WCKitchen teams have done this work around the world.. earthquakes, volcanoes, the pandemic & now again in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Fiona, with the same amazing team. Thank you to everyone who has helped chop, cook, deliver hope with WCK🙏