Celebrating our School Lunch Heroes
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On May 5th, we celebrated a group of School Lunch Heroes: our incredible Healthy School Food team! Each member of this team goes above and beyond every day to prepare […]
DCCK Volunteering Is Off to a Roaring Re-Start
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It’s National Volunteer Month! What better time to re-launch our indoor volunteer program? We welcomed our first shift of volunteers at our new headquarters at the Michael R. Klein Center […]
Grand Opening: DC Central Kitchen Celebrates Cafe Day
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It is Spring in DC and a new Social Enterprise Cafe has bloomed in Buzzard Point! On March 31st, we unveiled our third Cafe at our new facility, the Michael […]
The COVID Response Stories We Never Told
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In the three years since COVID-19 struck our city, DC Central Kitchen has adapted to one profound change after another. We’ve worked to be as transparent as possible about what […]
Field Trip: CJT Visits Marriott International’s Global Headquarters
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On February 16th, our latest class of Culinary Job Training students had the incredible opportunity to tour the new Marriott International Global headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. During the tour, our […]
Serving Up Salmon
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Thanks to The Conservation Fund’s Freshwater Institute, salmon will be on DCCK’s menu this month! This past week, The Freshwater Institute donated 1,200 pounds of this sustainably-raised fish to our […]
Fresh Feature Friday at Smothers Elementary
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Fourth and fifth graders at Smothers Elementary School had the opportunity to taste test three new butternut squash recipes during their lunch period on January 20th. The tasting was part […]
DC Restaurants Launch Fundraisers to Celebrate DCCK’s 34th Anniversary
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DC Central Kitchen is commemorating our 34th anniversary on Friday, January 20th! Since that first night in 1989, we’ve served millions of meals to shelters, community centers, and schools, expanded […]
Becoming The Change I Want: Reflections from a CJT Grad
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Since 1989, DC Central Kitchen has empowered more than 2,000 individuals through their award-winning Culinary Job Training Program (CJT), including me! As a recent graduate of the 2022 Fall Cohort, I […]
Winter Break Mobile Food Truck Meals
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We are finally at the end of the year, and winter break starts at the end of this week for many of our schools. Our DCCK team wants to make […]