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Doing Good
No matter what challenges the world is experiencing, there are always good people working to create a better future. Through the shadows of every dark experience, lasting issue or disaster, humanity shines from the individuals and groups dedicated to helping. In this volume, we want to share a list of just a few of the incredible chefs, restaurateurs and culinary industry members who are dedicated to doing good.
This is only a small example of the many people in the culinary industry who dedicate their time and energy to making the world a better place. Tell us about the chefs and restaurants doing great in your area by emailing magazine@blackberryfarm.com.
Game-changing food problem solver, JOSÉ ANDRÉS is the chef, restaurateur and inspired founder of the World Central Kitchen.
WCK.org
Author, advocate and historian ADRIAN MILLER is a soul food scholar preserving black culinary traditions.
AdrianEMiller.com
Created to employ young adults with special needs, KENT AND GLORIA DAVIS founded Special Growers to grow and supply premium herbs to restaurants.
SpecialGrowers.com
Partner and Master Sommelier of Frasca Food and Wine, BOBBY STUCKEY is co-founder of the national force for change, the Independent Restaurant Coalition.
SaveRestaurants.com
Changing lives and careers, DEVITA DAVISON is the tenacious Executive Director of FoodLab Detroit.
FoodLabDetroit.com
Top Chef alum GREGORY GOURDET and his team feed those in need at Portland’s Blanchet House.
BlanchetHouse.org
Founder of Wholesome Wave, MICHEL NISCHAN connects low-income Americans to high-quality food.
WholesomeWave.org
Chef and Owner of Back in the Day Bakery, CHERYL DAY works with Bakers Against Racism to use her culinary skills to support critical cultural change.
BakersAgainstRacism.com
Fine dining veteran MATT JOZWIAK, founder and CEO at Rethink Food NYC, is re-imagining restaurant food waste as a much-needed food supply.
RethinkFood.org
Owner and Executive Chef at Underbelly Hospitality, CHRIS SHEPHERD is the founder of the crisis relief organization, Southern Smoke Foundation.
SouthernSmoke.org
Revitalizing and reintroducing Native American foodways, Chef SEAN SHERMAN is the founder of The Sioux Chef.
Sioux-Chef.com
Chef and Restaurateur ED LEE is the co-founder and Director of Programming for the relief and reboot-focused LEE Initiative.
LeeInitiative.org