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    WCK Founder José Andrés named one of U.S. News’ Best Leaders of 2025

    WCK founder José Andrés was named one of U.S. News’ Best Leaders of 2025.

  • 16,000 meals served in week since Hawaiʻi fires

    16,000 meals served in week since Hawaiʻi fires

    Wildfires on Hawaiʻi’s Big Island and Maui have devastated communities—tragically they’ve become the deadliest blazes in the United States in more than a century. WCK’s Relief Team arrived to each island on…

    8/14/2023
  • WCK restaurant model uplifts local economy in Ukraine

    WCK restaurant model uplifts local economy in Ukraine

    Today, acute food needs in Ukraine have shifted to newly liberated and frontline communities—mostly along the country’s east and south. As a result, many of our restaurant partners in other parts of…

    8/11/2023
  • A day with WCK in Kherson

    A day with WCK in Kherson

    Over the past year and a half, WCK has established regional teams across Ukraine capable of meeting the complex food and water needs of communities impacted by Russia’s full-scale invasion. Our teams…

    8/11/2023
  • Meet the WCK Field Monitoring Team in Ukraine

    Meet the WCK Field Monitoring Team in Ukraine

    WCK has mobilized field monitoring teams who stay in regular contact with communities all over Ukraine. Through this process, WCK remains responsive to what communities need and are able to ensure access…

    8/11/2023
  • Seeds of Hope: Here’s what is growing in Ukraine’s soil

    Seeds of Hope: Here’s what is growing in Ukraine’s soil

    Black soil is the most fertile soil found on earth—and 65% of Ukraine’s land is covered in it. Because of this, more than half of Ukrainian households grew their own home gardens…

    8/07/2023
  • WCK mobilizes amid wildfires in Greece

    WCK mobilizes amid wildfires in Greece

    A historic heatwave gripped Greece in late July and the heat combined with windy conditions to ignite more than 100 wildfires across the country. Firefighters and citizen volunteers jumped into action, working…

    8/02/2023
  • Vermonters support neighbors after catastrophic floods

    Vermonters support neighbors after catastrophic floods

    In early July, severe storms began rolling through the northeastern US. Torrential downpours dumped two months’ worth of rain onto the region in a matter of days. In Vermont, multiple cities and…

    7/21/2023
  • WCK Chef Corps members honored at James Beard Awards ceremony

    WCK Chef Corps members honored at James Beard Awards ceremony

    Eleven World Central Kitchen Chef Corps members were James Beard Award finalists this year in recognition of their talent, creativity, and commitment to their communities. The Beard awards are often considered “the…

    7/06/2023
  • Meet Svitlana and Inna—WCK Food Fighters in Kharkiv

    Meet Svitlana and Inna—WCK Food Fighters in Kharkiv

    Svitlana and Inna—two WCK team members and Food Fighters—stand out among the countless heroes in Kharkiv that since the first days of the war have shown up to support their neighbors. We sat…

    6/23/2023
  • WCK reaching hardest-hit communities in Ukraine

    WCK reaching hardest-hit communities in Ukraine

    With more aid organizations now present in large population centers throughout Ukraine, WCK teams are able to focus on supporting the most isolated, at risk, and hardest-hit regions of the country. As…

    6/22/2023

WCK in the Media

  • WCK Resumes Gaza Operations After Nearly 7-Week Pause

    New York Times | 6/23/2025
  • Chefs For The World

    José Andrés on feeding the communities in need

    CBS | 4/06/2025

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