Meet Ablawa.
“Do you really know what you’re getting yourself into?” was the question Ablawa asked herself as she started her first day as a Culinary Job Training (CJT) student in April 2017. After working as a […]
DCCK is Back to School – Now With Curbside Pickup
DC Central Kitchen’s Healthy School Food team knows how to pivot. As the food service provider for 16 schools in Washington, DC, we source ingredients from more than 65 local family farms to provide scratch-cooked recipes designed by our expert team of chefs and dietitians with the help […]
Improvising for the Community
For three decades, DCCK has been headquartered just four blocks from the U.S. Capitol in the Federal City shelter. In January, this proximity to the seat of American democracy brought […]
Request for Proposals: Marianne’s Café
DC Central Kitchen, in partnership with the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL) is issuing a Request for Proposals from individual artist, designers, or art/design teams to create an unique […]
A New Home for DC Central Kitchen
After three decades of operating in the basement of the Federal City Shelter in downtown DC, we are thrilled to announce that we have identified a new, long-term home ideally […]
Meet Rasheem.
This past January, DC Central Kitchen was excited to welcome Rasheem Rooke to our team as Director of Workforce Development. Rasheem brought with him an impressive background of supporting DC […]
DC Central Kitchen’s culinary graduates step up to meet local needs on Thanksgiving
For three decades, our signature Culinary Job Training program has provided hands-on education and real-world experience to DC residents facing barriers to employment. Our CJT graduates traditionally go on to work at DC hotels, fine dining establishments, and fast-casual eateries but two graduates, Connie and […]
DC Central Kitchen Partners with World Central Kitchen and Dreaming Out Loud for Mobile Feeding Initiative
DC Central Kitchen has distributed over two million meals and more than one million pounds of fresh fruit and veggies to children, families and seniors during the COVID-19 pandemic in response to […]
Chef Paolo Dungca of Peter Chang Restaurant Group wins DC Central Kitchen’s 17th annual Capital Food Fight
Chef Paolo Dungca took home the top honor last night at DC Central Kitchen’s signature fundraising event, Capital Food Fight. In the first-ever virtual format of this celebrated fundraiser, local chefs Angel Barreto of Anju, Paolo Dungca of Peter Chang […]
DCCK and DC Food Project unite to provide groceries to DC families
A new report by the DC Office of Planning revealed that Washington, DC’s food insecurity rate in 2020 is estimated to be at least 16 percent, up from 10.6 percent […]