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PRECINCT LIVING

MANDELA DAY

CHALLENGE

Clean out your

pantry and spend

67 minutes helping

to cook 67 000 litres

of soup

Last year’s #67000litres for
he #67000litres for Mandela Day Mandela Day campaign in
Challenge is on – and this year the Jackson Park Informal
every South African with a kitchen Settlement in Joburg
Tand a heart for the hungry can
participate.

Chefs with Compassion is calling on
everyday South Africans across five
different categories to put on their aprons,
clear out their pantries, and get cooking in
the biggest nationwide cooking challenge
for hunger awareness ever in SA’s history. The first restaurant participant in the Kitchen
Best of all, it can be done safely and from category of the #67000litres Challenge, Tom
the comfort of your own kitchen and you Savage from Buns Out in Linden with GM of
can choose your own local beneficiary to Chefs with Compassion Marion Tanzer
be the recipient - be it an orphanage, old
age home or shelter for the homeless -
thereby extending the reach and impact of
the campaign into every city, town, suburb
and street around the country.
Last year, in a remarkable display of the
true spirit of Mandela Day, over 300 chefs
stood proudly behind their stoves, united
despite the devastation of their industry,
taking collective action to put their hearts
where their passion lies – feeding people.
The result – the target of 67 000 litres of Volunteers helping
soup was exceeded, and 77 455 litres was to serve soup and
cooked, serving 309 820 cups of soup to bread rolls.
hungry people all over the country.
This year, Chefs with Compassion has
initiated a nationwide challenge to beat
the #67000litres target once again – this
time challenging every single person,
representing five different categories, to
dedicate their 67 minutes on Mandela
Day to raising awareness of the shocking
fact that 10 million tonnes of food goes to Celebrity chef Sasha Zambetti with Coo
waste every year while 18 million people Pillay, National Project Manager of Chefs
go hungry every day. with Compassion
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