DC Central Kitchen Unveils New Plan to Make Healthy Food More Affordable for SNAP Customers in DC

The nonprofit’s acclaimed Healthy Corners program expands purchasing power for additional fruits and vegetables at participating corner stores Washington, DC – March 10, 2025 – For more than a decade, […]
Award-Winning Chefs Take the Stage to Fight Hunger During DCCK’s Baddest Night of Doing Good

DC CENTRAL KITCHEN CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF CAPITAL FOOD FIGHT ON NOVEMBER 7, 2024, PRESENTED BY INSTACART & LINEAGE Award-Winning Chefs from Rooster & Owl, Duck & the Peach, […]
Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy Introduces ‘Healthy Corner’ in Partnership with DC Central Kitchen

Photo Credit: Washington Nationals Philanthropies Earlier today, Friday, June 28, the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy officially launched its new ‘Healthy Corner’ in partnership with DC Central Kitchen. The stand […]
DC Central Kitchen’s Capital Food Fight Turns Twenty

Instacart and Lineage Join as Presenting Sponsors for DC’s Baddest Night of Doing Good on November 7th at The Anthem In a year that marks a number of important milestones […]
Join us in the Fight Against Senior Hunger in the District

We fight hunger and poverty with healthy food, good jobs, and hope. Sometimes, our dedication to this fight means taking on new challenges. In years past, that involved changing the […]
DC Central Kitchen Dishes Up 50 Millionth Meal

50 million meals served in the fight against hunger. It’s a milestone Washington, DC-based DC Central Kitchen marked earlier this week in the nonprofit’s storied 35-year history. “We’re never […]
DC Central Kitchen Secures Major USDA Grant to Help SNAP Customers Purchase More Fruits and Vegetables

US Department of Agriculture Grant Provides $890,000 Over Four Years for Produce Incentives at Corner Stores in DC Washington, DC – DC Central Kitchen (DCCK) has received a four-year, $890,000 […]
VIDEO: The John Fenner Dish Room

Our community is at a turning point. But we’re about to prove that this city has everything it needs to solve its biggest challenges. That starts with our people. […]
DC Central Kitchen Receives 2nd NBA Foundation Grant to Support Ongoing Work with Opportunity Youth

DC Central Kitchen (DCCK) is thrilled to be among this year’s line-up of NBA Foundation grant recipients, which were announced earlier this week. Forty organizations from across the U.S. are […]
Southern Style Meatloaf for the Win at the CJT Class 130 Cookoff!

It was the battle of meatloaves at the Culinary Job Training Class 130’s cookoff on Wednesday. The eleven students were split up into four teams and each came up with […]