Chefs come together to give back

Chefs Collective is helping fight food insecurity in Kansas City.

A NEW INITIATIVE ISKEEPING CHEFS BUSY INTHE KITCHEN, WHILE ALSOFIGHTING FOODINSECURITY IN OUR AREA.41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER RAE DANIEL ISLIVE TO TELL US ABOUTCHEF'S COLLECTIVE KC.RAE?AS WE ALL KNOW, WHENTHE PANDEMIC HAPPENED-- RESTAURANTS CLOSED --SOME HAD TO CLOSETHEIR DOORS FOR GOOD.THIS NEW INTIATIVEINCLUDES A GROUP OFCHEFS, COMMUNITYGROWERS AND FOODINDUSTRY PARTNERS TOGET BACK TO WORK WHILEALSO SERVING A NEED.THE CULINARY CENTER OFKC IS ONE OF THE PLACEA PART OF THIS.THIS NEW PROGRAM WASDEVELOPED WHEREKITCHENS WOULD BETURNED INTO COMMUNITYKITCHENS.ORGANIZATIONS IN NEEDOF FOOD WOULD BEPARTNERED WITH CHEF'SCOLLECTIVE.DONORS HELP FUNDWHAT'S NEEDED AND THENVARIOUS RESTAURANTSTAKE ON THE TASK OFPROVIDING THOSE MEALSFOR THOSE IN NEED.CHEFS HERE AT THECULINARY CENTER SAY IT'SA WIN WIN FOR EVERYONE.Heather Minor, culinary centerof KCWe work with a lot of chefsaroundtown and so a lot of thosepeoplehave been directly hit withtheirrestaurants going on hiatus -they gotfamilies at home they were notableto provide for but we like tomakelemonade out of lemons so we'redoing our bet to keep peopleworkingand keep people fed.CULINARY KC IS JUST ONEOF MANY RESTAURANTSTAKING PART IN THIS.

JUSTLAST WEEK, MORE THAN7000 MEALS WERE MADEFOR ORGANIZATIONS ANDFAMILIES IN NEED OFTHEM....TO COMBAT FOODINSECURITY.LINDSAY, TAYLOR?RAE I KNOW THERE ARE ANUMBER OFORGANIZATIONSBENEFITTING FROM THIS -WHO EXACTLY IS GETTINGTHE MEALS THATCULINARY CENTER OF KCCOOKS?CULINARY KC SERVED 400MEALS JUST LAST WEEKTO OPERATIONBREAKTHROUGH.

THEY'REDOING THE SAME THISWEEK.

THEY'RE ALSOWORKING WITH ANORTHEASTNEIGHBORHOODASSOCIATION TO PROVIDEMEALS FOR ABOUT SIXFAMILIES IN THAT AREA.