DC Central Kitchen
DC Central Kitchen is a nationally recognized "community kitchen" that recycles food from around Washington DC and uses it as a tool to train unemployed adults to develop work skills while providing thousands of meals for local service agencies in the process. Chef Jose Andres serves on the board.[1]
History
DC Central Kitchen was founded in 1989 by Robert Egger. Egger was working in the bar/nightclub scene in DC when he and his wife were talked into volunteering with a church group that bought food to prepare and distribute from the back of a van. Its first major food recovery was from the 1989 inaugural party for President George H.W. Bush.
That same year, DC Central Kitchen started a culinary training program. [2]
External links
- DC Central Kitchen's Website
- Begging for Change, by Robert Egger, 2004 Harper Collins
- Profile of Robert Egger on How To Make a Difference
- A Hand Up In a DC System Full of Letdowns - The Washington Post
- Catering With Conscience - The Christian Science Monitor
References
- ↑ Superville, Darlene. "Obama to pitch immigration at citizenship ceremony". TheState.com. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.dccentralkitchen.org/history/