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ABOuT cHefS WiTH
cOmPASSiOn
Chefs with Compassion is a
collaboration of partners –
individuals, companies, and
organisations – who together
rescue surplus food that would
go to waste, donate it to kitchens
where it is cooked, to feed the
growing number of hungry people
in food-vulnerable areas. Chefs with
Compassion was launched in May
The first participant in the Culinary The first restaurant participant Celebrity chef Sasha Zambetti 2020 as a not-for-profit company
School category of the #67000litres in the Kitchen category of the cooking up a pot of hearty soup in response to the COVID-19
Challenge, Lebo Lekotoko from NDS #67000litres Challenge, Tom from rescued produce
Chefs Academy in Vanderbijlpark Savage from Buns Out in Linden humanitarian crisis, and aims to
with Coo Pillay (national project with GM of Chefs with Compassion continue as long as there is a need.
manager of Chefs with Compassion) Marion Tanzer

Yejna Maharaj (SA Chefs), Sasha Zambetti (celebrity chef), Coo Pillay (Chefs with Compassion), Keanetswe Sematle (Chefs with Compassion volunteer), Lebo
Lekotoko (NDS Chefs Academy), Tom Savage (Buns Out), Vanessa Naude (Chefs with Compassion), Ismail Ismail (Compass Insure). Front: Marion Tanzer (Chefs with
Compassion) and Hanneke van Linge (Chefs with Compassion).
and resounding message that the food that is “Since the start of lockdown, we have one of the first restaurants to become a
wasted across every stage of the food chain served over 1 767 million meals through our Chefs with Compassion kitchen at the start
(Agriculture – Manufacturing – Distribution – network of entirely voluntary ‘waste warriors’, of lockdown last year – came on board as
Retail – Consumer) is sufficient to feed every chefs, cooks and volunteers.” Donations for the first restaurant. In the Culinary School
hungry South African three meals a day,” participation in the #67000litres Challenge category – NDS Academy in Vereeniging
says Arnold Tanzer, chairman of Chefs with give participants the opportunity to be part was the first to put their money where their
Compassion. of an incredible national initiative and, in mouth is, with Capsicum Culinary Studio
appreciation, donors will receive a cookbook signing up six campuses and International
Within the Corporate category, caring containing soup recipes from celebrity chefs Hotel School signing up four campuses
companies in every sector can give who will be cooking along with thousands of shortly thereafter, while HTA Culinary
their staff the opportunity to give back South Africans on Mandela Day. Art has challenged all culinary schools to
in a way that’s both safe and promotes beat their intended target of 500 litres per
teamwork and collaboration. Corporates The Challenge was launched on Facebook campus. The first Home Cook to sign up was
can participate in one of three ways – with on 14 June 2021, and the first participants Christine Phillips of Health Yourself, who
staff cooking from the safety of their own had thrown their (chefs) hats into the ring started cooking soup in her kitchen at home
homes, or in their company canteen, or within the first hour of going live. In the before Chefs with Compassion was even
by adopting a food truck and cooking in Hotel category, Marriott International were formally established. And in the Corporate
designated locations in Joburg, Durban and the first to take up the challenge, signing category, Chefs with Compassion’s Premier
Cape Town, where their teams will cook in up as their hotel group. In the Kitchen Sponsor, Compass Insure, signed up
shifts of 67 minutes. category, Buns Out in Linden – which was without a moment’s hesitation.

To be part of this one-of-a-kind national Mandela Day Challenge, go to
https://cwc.org.za/latest-news/join-the-67000litres-challenge-this-mandela-day,
download the information page relevant to your category and click on the link to register online.
Follow the story on Facebook and Instagram using the hashtag #67000litres.

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