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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 The first participants in the 2021 Challenge
people in food-vulnerable areas.
Chefs with Compassion was
launched in May 2020 as a non-
profit company in response to the
COVID-19 humanitarian crisis, and
aims to continue as long as there
is a need.

Coo Pillay and Lebo from
NDS Academy

“Since the start of lockdown, we have one of the first restaurants to become a
served over 1 767 million meals through Chefs with Compassion kitchen at the start
our network of entirely voluntary ‘waste of lockdown last year – came on board as
warriors’, chefs, cooks and volunteers. the first restaurant. In the Culinary School
Donations for participation in the category – NDS Academy in Vereeniging
#67000litres Challenge give participants was the first to put their money where their
the opportunity to be part of an incredible mouth is, with Capsicum Culinary Studio Tom Savage from Buns Out
national initiative and, in appreciation, signing up six campuses and International with Marion Tanzer
donors will receive a cookbook containing Hotel School signing up four campuses
soup recipes from celebrity chefs who will shortly thereafter, while HTA Culinary
be cooking along with thousands of South Art has challenged all culinary schools to
Africans on Mandela Day,” adds Tanzer. beat their intended target of 500 litres per
The Challenge was launched on Facebook campus. The first Home Cook to sign up was
on 14 June 2021, and the first participants Christine Phillips of Health yourself, who
had thrown their (chefs) hats into the ring started cooking soup in her kitchen at home
within the first hour of going live. In the before Chefs with Compassion was even
Hotel category, Marriott International were formally established. And in the Corporate
the first to take up the challenge, signing category, Chefs with Compassion’s Premier
up as their hotel group. In the Kitchen Sponsor, Compass Insure, signed up without
category, Buns Out in Linden – which was a moment’s hesitation. Celebrity chef Sasha Zambetti

To be part of this one-of-a-kind national Mandela Day Challenge, go to https://cwc.org.za/ 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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