Chef Jose Andres World Central Kitchen Helps Feed North Carolina Hurricane Victims
We’ve all been absolutely heartbroken seeing the devastation caused by Helene and the toll it’s taken on our neighbors in parts of North and South Carolina as well as Georgia and beyond. So, I’m happy to see Chef Jose Andres World Central Kitchen (WCK) has arrived to help feed those impacted by the storm.
More About Jose Andres World Central Kitchen
Jose Andres World Central Kitchen was started in 2010 by Chef Jose Andres who, according to the WCK website, wanted to use his culinary knowledge and food talents to help those in Haiti following a devastating earthquake. He cooked alongside families displaced by the event along with his wife, Patricia. It was Patricia who told him, “when people are hungry, send in cooks. Not tomorrow, today.”
For several years, his efforts focused on resilience programs and long term solutions to hunger in the Caribbean and Central America, eventually building a cooking school in Port-au-Prince. Then, Hurricane Harvey hit in Houston in 2017. That’s when he and several chefs went to work feeding people and discovering better ways to respond to a crisis.
And now, whether it’s hurricanes, wildfires, tsunamis or volcanos, WCK responds working with communities in hard hit areas. So, it’s no surprise his team started Helene efforts in Florida, across the Southeast and now arriving in Asheville.
He posted on X, formerly Twitter, from a Waffle House in Virginia on his way to Asheville. He was picking up sandwiches to take to hungry first responders upon his arrival in Asheville before his team of ‘first food responders’ goes to work feeding those impacted by the storm.
Being the foodie that I am, it’s always the first thing I think of when I consider how to help. It breaks my heart to think of anyone needing food and not having access to it. So, we use whatever talents we have to help. And, if you’re a chef, it’s a no brainer…you feed people. Kudos to Jose Andres World Central Kitchen on their continued efforts.
Ways To Help
If you’d like to help, monetary donations are a good place to start. According to The Washingtonian, websites such as heleneaid.com have lists of those accepting donations as well as food banks. Operation Airdrop and other non profits like Operation BBQ Relief help in feeding those impacted.
