Meet Christine.
Christine came to DC Central Kitchen in the spring of 2018 while she was living at Shepherd’s Cove, a homeless shelter in Capitol Heights, MD. Initially unsure of whether our […]
30 years of DCCK: In the news
DCCK’s first day in operation covered by The Washington Post from January 20, 1989. Read more>> On January 20, 2019, we marked our 30th year in operation. This isn’t a […]
30 years at DC Central Kitchen
DC Central Kitchen founder, Robert Egger, during our earlier days of food recovery and meal distribution. What it does it mean when an organization that set out to put […]
A new partnership at THEARC
As we prepare to open our brand-new healthy café and youth job training site in DC’s Ward 8 early next year, we’ve begun some innovative partnerships with some of our […]
Think big. Act boldly. Join us in 2019.
Where were you 30 years ago? At DC Central Kitchen, we were outfitting our very first food delivery van and readying for our opening day of operations – January 20, […]
Marianne Ali North Star Award Winner: Christine Bates
The Marianne Ali North Star Award is given in honor of our beloved colleague and long-time director of our Culinary Job Training program, Marianne Ali, who passed away in August […]
15th anniversary of Capital Food Fight raises over $770,000
Chef Autumn Cline took home the top honor in the 15th anniversary of Capital Food Fight, presented by Smithfield Foods. Local chefs Kyle Bailey of The Salt Line, Alex McCoy […]
Help us move our Culinary Job Training Program forward
DC Central Kitchen’s culinary job training (CJT) program began as a way to get at the root cause of hunger: poverty. By training men and women with histories of incarceration, […]
5 things you don’t want to miss at Capital Food Fight
1) The Food Over 80 of the Washington area’s greatest restaurants will offer tastes of their best dishes for Capital Food Fight guests. Sample bites include poke tuna from Dirty […]
A new fusion bar
Our Healthy School Food team is always working on coming up with new, dynamic recipes to serve at 12 public schools and 2 mission-driven private schools in DC. We take pride […]