A Bittersweet Good-bye & a Heartfelt Hello
Andy Finke came to DC Central Kitchen 13 years ago looking for the same thing a lot of us here at the Kitchen seek—a change. He had asked himself: “What […]
DC Central Kitchen Receives Inaugural H2HC Innovation Award
DC Central Kitchen is honored to have been selected as one of the two national recipients of the Hunger to Health Collaboratory’s prestigious and competitive inaugural Prizes for Innovation award! […]
VIDEO: Help US Empower More Leaders like Gregory
Meet Gregory. Gregory enrolled in our Culinary Job Training program in April after completing a 40-year prison sentence. “I have been through some places and things that a lot of […]
Let’s Give Our City A Win
At DC Central Kitchen, we believe in some basic principles. People shouldn’t go hungry when food is going to waste. School lunches should taste good. Your life expectancy shouldn’t be […]
DC Central Kitchen at the 3rd Annual Family Reunion
DC Central Kitchen staff and Culinary Job Training students spent last week under the tents at Salamander Resort in Middleburg, VA, for the third annual Food & Wine Family Reunion […]
Grand Opening: DC Central Kitchen Celebrates Cafe Day
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 […]
Save the Date: DC Central Kitchen Cafe Day
Join DC Central Kitchen on Friday, March 31st for DC Central Kitchen Cafe Day, celebrating the grand opening of our third social enterprise cafe in the lobby of DC Central […]
DC Central Kitchen Participates in the Mayor’s Annual Disability Expo
On Wednesday, October 26th, DCCK had the opportunity to participate in the Mayor’s Annual Disability Expo at the Martin Luther King Jr. Library. In the lobby of the great hall, […]
Class 131 Cook-Off: Adapting On and Off the Plate
No food captures American culture more than the classic burger. On a Wednesday afternoon, our latest Culinary Job Training (CJT) cohort, Class 131, marked its eighth week of our training […]
Building Community Through Cooking Classes at the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy
After a few hours of play and exercise in the summer sun, the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy campers were ready to eat. As the middle schoolers filed into the […]