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One year ago.. just after the cities Bucha & Irpin were liberated, with @WCKitchen I joined @markushyn to reach families here. It was the day we and the whole world saw the worst horrors we could ever imagine… but somehow at the same time I also saw hope. Hope from Ukrainians🇺🇦
When we arrived if people had food, they were only cooking outdoors.. infrastructure was destroyed so everyone had to do whatever they could to. This was next phase for @WCKitchen response… meals from restaurant partners, water &ingredients to people living in these conditions.
And now, 1 year later this how WCK #ChefsForUkraine supports families. After liberations across Ukraine, people don’t have power, gas, water… so we adapt each time! We can’t forget the horrors in Bucha, Irpin.. we came together then & must stand together with Ukraine now too🙏

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Feb 22
I had the honor of interviewing @SecBlinken for the latest episode of my podcast, Longer Tables. We talk about food as national security, the war in Ukraine and so much more. I hope you’ll listen where ever you get your podcasts, or watch the interview on my YouTube channel.
Listen on @Spotify: spoti.fi/3KvSsTw
Listen on @ApplePodcasts: apple.co/3IFTTNZ
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Nov 24, 2022
I’m so grateful to the people who make up @WCKitchen… everyone who volunteers, cooks, serves, donates!🙏 I’ve been honored to spend Thanksgivings with people who after disasters show endless empathy & love for one another! Like the amazing #ChefsForPuertoRico team after Maria🇵🇷
Then the next year again I was with the @WCKitchen team and my family too… next to chefs @GuyFieri @TylerFlorence and so many more in California. Hundreds of #ChefsForCalifornia volunteers came to spend the holiday with families who lost everything in the horrible Camp Fire.
In 2019, the northern Bahamas islands were devastated by Hurricane Dorian. Three months after the storm, on Thanksgiving, @WCKitchen teams were still cooking everyday… so we set up a special meal to bring families together with music, kids crafts, dinner, dessert! 🥧
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Sep 20, 2022
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... 🇵🇷 Image
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.
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!
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Jun 3, 2022
100 days ago Russia invaded the resilient country of Ukraine. 99 days ago the @WCKitchen team started cooking. With restaurants & families cooking at home, WCK is providing nearly 1 million meals a day. Today, I'm thinking of all the brave Food Fighters who are feeding Ukraine...
Within 24 hours WCK was in Medyka, which became the biggest border crossing...serving soup & hot beverages in the cold night. Before long, we were at every single crossing, providing meals to many of the 6 millon Ukranians forced to flee their country.
In a week, we reached 1 million meals. I always say @WCKitchen is the largest organization in the world...because every cook & restaurant, anyone who can stir or chop or deliver food are all part of WCK, they just don't know it yet! I'm so proud of all who have joined our effort!
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Jan 6, 2022
Witnessing the horrific attack a year ago…a surreal feeling to this immigrant proudly calling Washington DC my home for 30 years. My best memories are at the National Archives visiting our founding documents to be inspired by those 3 words uniting us as Americans: WE THE PEOPLE.
I felt just like so many others - paralyzed by shock and powerless to protect the basic principles of our democracy. But the act of courage from the lawmakers who returned amidst the wreckage to certify the election…it was the inspiration we needed to act too.
Over the course of a decade since @WCKitchen was founded, I have come to believe that chefs, cooks…our calling is to help people with the skills we know best: a humble plate of food to provide comfort in dark times.
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Aug 4, 2020
People of America: I’m proud to announce that @WCKitchen, in partnership with thousands of restaurants & volunteers, has served 25+ million meals since the start of the pandemic. From NY to Little Rock, Oakland to Navajo Nation – we’ve been fighting hunger from the frontlines. 1/
But what we and countless other NGOs, restaurants, faith groups & local leaders are doing - it is just not enough. There is a hunger crisis in our country that demands federal leadership.

30 million Americans didn’t have enough to eat last week. cnn.com/2020/07/31/us/…
That’s 1 in 10 Americans going hungry. The Senate’s HEALS Act doesn’t contain a single dollar to feed hungry children, fund food banks & emergency meal programs, adequate SNAP increases. That's unacceptable. There are many ways Congress must lead in the fight against hunger.
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