Sometimes heroes don’t wear capes. In the case of José Andrés, they wear heavy-duty face masks while helping to feed stranded passengers and crew on the Grand Princess cruise ship docked in Oakland. Among the 3,500 people on board, 28 were infected with COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Andrés was on the ground with his World Central Kitchen, an organization that began as a way to end hunger and poverty but morphed into a disaster relief group. Andrés and WCK have developed a reputation for swooping in after disasters all over the globe to make and distribute fresh, nutritious meals to survivors. The group also was in Yokohama, Japan, to aid the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which carried 696 people infected with COVID-19, eight of which resulted in deaths, the CDC said.
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the chef temporarily closed all of his ThinkFoodGroup restaurants in the Washington, D.C., area and New York City on March 15. He then reopened most of them on March 17 as community kitchens serving affordable takeout meals for people in need. For example, recent offerings at Jaleo in D.C. included a leek and potato soup ($6); green salad with citrus, manchego cheese and salmon ($8); and chicken with white rice ($12). The menus will change often, but a vegetarian and gluten-free option will be mainstays.
He took to Instagram to unveil his new repurposed community kitchens and got choked up as he talked about closing 27-year-old Jaleo and loving the big family at the restaurant. “We are going to go through dark times,” he said. “But let me tell you, in darkness sometimes you only need the light to illuminate the way. So, let’s hope for that light.”
“We are going to have to be in some parts of America in the forefront of providing relief to people that maybe cannot go to the supermarket, maybe to neighborhoods that are food deserts and people don’t have supermarkets…we are going to have to be thinking out of the box,” Andrés said. “Please be strong. We can change the world through the power of food.”
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestravelguide/2020/03/18/3-inspiring-travel-stories-amid-the-coronavirus-crisis/#380891d665ae
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