UKRAINE
With the war in Ukraine still raging, chefs and foodservice industry professionals from all around the world are doing what they can to help refugees find shelter, stay safe and get fed, as Amelia Levin reports
Crisis in Ukraine C
hef José Andrés’ World Central Kitchen’s #ChefsforUkraine campaign has spurred chefs from all over the world to go to Poland and other countries neighboring war-torn Ukraine to help refugees in need. Back in their home countries, chefs have
held fundraising dinners and other events to raise funds to support the cause. In April in Tokyo, Narisawa restaurant hosted a fundraiser with 100% of donations (no deductions for labor or ingredients) going to UNICEF Japan to supply aid to Ukrainian children both in Ukraine and those who have fled the country. In the US, some manufacturers are getting behind the cause. ITW donated $1m to various aid organisations and is initiating a worldwide internal donation campaign.
FCSI Associate Andrey Teleguz, who is a
refugee from Ukraine himself, has also taken steps to help his family members who are still there, and the wider community. “When the Russian invasion started, we received a lot of phone calls and messages – people sending pictures and asking for help,” he told Foodservice Consultant earlier in the year. Teleguz, the principal owner of Scopos Hospitality Group, who, after first processing the shock, found himself as the fund administrator for the Ukraine War Refugee Aid Fund created in partnership with Bethany Slavic Church. A business partner who works with a Polish
Left and above: Local restaurant employees together with the World Central Kitchen organization prepare food for refugees in Lviv, Ukraine
stone manufacturer in Pennsylvania, where Teleguz is based, and who has family members in Poland offered to help refugees from Ukraine. He knew some business partners in Poland that have summer camps, so they immediately used one of them to house 300 refugees. After starting the fundraising campaign at home, Teleguz and his business partners reached out to their contacts in Ukraine letting them know about the summer-turned-refugee camps meant to serve as a temporary stopping point before connecting refugees with other local community outlets for more permanent placement. “Our volunteers set up tents at the border crossing and we’re feeding people, giving them sleeping bags, we have fire pits set up so people can just stay warm,” he says. “We grew up in that oppression and we fled it many years ago, we are refugees ourselves. So, we understand what our fellow Ukrainians are going through today.” Since the start of the campaign, the fund has raised more than $280,000.
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