127,863 Meals in 61 Days!
It was another record-setting summer at DC Central Kitchen. Putting our facility, mobile meals trucks, and community connections into overdrive, our team provided more than 127,000 free meals to kids and […]
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Culinary Job Training Chili Cook-Off
The Chili Cook-off comes at the halfway point for our Culinary Job Training program. Working together in assigned teams, students must draw upon the cumulative knife skills they’ve learned over […]
DC Central Kitchen Honored for Job Creation
DC Central Kitchen was honored to be recognized at the 40th Anniversary First Source Celebratory Conference with the Excellence Award. The DC Department of Employment Services (DOES) selected DC Central […]
Back to School with Our Healthy School Food Team
DC Central Kitchen is just as excited as the students for another delicious and nutritious year! Our Healthy School Food Team will be serving nourishing and delicious scratch-cooked meals using […]
“The Food Fighters” Book Launch Highlights the ‘Rock’ of DC Central Kitchen
Surrounded by DC Central Kitchen Board Members, friends of the Kitchen, current and former Culinary Job Training students, staff, restaurant partners, and C-SPAN on a Tuesday evening in the middle […]
DC Central Kitchen Welcomes New Board Chair, Outstanding New Board Members
In the midst of DC Central Kitchen’s 35th year of strengthening bodies, empowering minds, and building communities, the DCCK Board of Directors bid adieu to beloved members, welcomed six new individuals, […]
Healthy Corners’ Most Successful Week in 13 Years
This August, our Healthy Corners program marks 13 years of delivering fresh and healthy fruits and vegetables to corner stores in underserved neighborhoods throughout Washington, DC. In the last 12 […]
Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy Hosts First Visiting Chef for a Lesson in Fresh Strawberry Shortcake and Perfect Imperfection
The second-floor classroom in the Nationals Youth Baseball Academy bustles with activity. Campers in the summer months of their year-round BASE Academy methodically dump flour, sugar, and baking powder into […]
Class 164, 165, & 165 Graduation: “I was told if you go to DC Central Kitchen, you won’t look back.”
In 35 years of serving our city, DC Central Kitchen’s Culinary Job Training program has marked some memorable graduations—but none have been larger than our most recent one, when 55 […]
“The Food Fighters” Offers Unique Insider’s Look into DC Central Kitchen
Author Alexander Justice Moore’s New Expanded Edition Takes Readers Through 35 Years of Innovative Solutions in the Fight Against Hunger and Poverty at the Nation’s Leading Social Enterprise Nonprofit Thirty-five […]