Several news stories about DC Central Kitchen aired on television and posted online during the holiday season. On December 18, our Culinary Job Training program was highlighted in a nationally-televised segment for PBS NewsHour. Students and staff were interviewed about the impact the program has on their lives, and the Kitchen was commended for… Read more »
DC Central Kitchen needs your support to combat hunger and poverty in Washington, DC. Nearly one fifth of DC residents – 115,000 men, women, and children – live in poverty. And close to half of all children who grow up in poverty will live in poverty as adults. Those are staggering numbers, and we… Read more »
Amy Brandwein, executive chef and owner of Centrolina, took home the top honor last night at our signature fundraising event, the Capital Food Fight. Chefs Amy Brandwein, Harper McClure (BRABO), Nick Stefanelli (Masseria) and K.N. Vinod (Indique) created dishes judged by some of the biggest names in the culinary world: Anne Burrell (Food Network’s “Secrets of a Restaurant… Read more »
Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw was once quoted saying: “The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.” That concept is embodied by one of our staff members and Culinary Job Training (CJT) graduates, Crystal. Crystal is… Read more »
As I walked into the bustling kitchen of Geppetto Catering at 9am on a Friday morning, it was clear the staff had been hard at work for several hours before I arrived. Tartlets were being stuffed with seasoned ground chicken and placed in the oven, completed platters of fruit salad were wrapped and refrigerated for delivery, and… Read more »
In the days that followed our 100th graduation this summer, one notably inspiring story made its way around the organization. Earl was a student of Class 100 who came to DCCK from a halfway house after spending 13 years in prison. You can’t miss him in a room — over 6 feet tall with a big… Read more »
