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The World Central Kitchen team delivers food to people in the de-occupied regions and provides hot lunches to those who directly suffer from russian weapons strikes on civilian targets. On December 31, after the russian attacks on Kyiv city, the World Central Kitchen team immediately organized a feed-in for people whose homes were damaged.

For reference: The President of Ukraine has awarded Jose Andres, the founder of World Central Kitchen, the Order of Merit of Degree II. In addition, the sign with his name was placed on the Alley of Courage in the capital city.

Since the beginning of russian full-scale invasion, the World Central Kitchen team has distributed 180 million servings of food in Ukraine. Generally, this organization provides funds and supplies products for making the food packages in countries and regions where humanitarian, climate or man-made crises occur.

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Famous Ukrainian chefs, including Ievhen Klopotenko and Ihor Mezentsev, have teamed up to present a holiday to Ukrainians who have been forced to leave their homes. Therefore, they will prepare delicious dishes for displaced persons on weekends during the month. Charity breakfasts will take place there on January 7, 14, 21, and 28.

For reference: Ievhen Klopotenko is the most famous chef in Ukraine. It was owing to his efforts that the Ukrainian borshch was included in the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. In addition, together with Ukrzaliznytsia, Ievhen Klopotenko represents Ukraine for foreign politicians by means of our ethnic cuisine. After all, what the world leaders, Boris Johnson or Antony Blinken, will eat on their way to the Ukrainian capital is decided by him.

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The team of the Charitable Organization “World Central Kitchen” was one of the first to arrive in the liberated Kherson to feed people. Recently, the President of Ukraine has awarded Jose Andres, the founder of the organization, the Order of Merit of Degree II. In addition, the sign with his name was placed on the Alley of Courage in the capital city.

For reference: WCK has been operating in Ukraine since the first days of the full-scale russian invasion. Generally, this organization provides funds and supplies products for making the food packages in countries and regions where humanitarian, climate or man-made crises occur.

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What Boris Johnson, Andrzej Duda or Antony Blinken will have for dinner on their way to the Ukrainian capital is decided by Ievhen Klopotenko, the Ukrainian chief cook and restaurateur. Together with Ukrzaliznytsia, he represents Ukraine for foreign politicians by means of our ethnic cuisine. So, currently, Ievhen has held a master class for diplomatic flight pilots: they learned how to properly serve ready meals. The restaurateur is convinced that the hours spent by politicians in trains on their way to Kyiv can positively influence their decisions regarding Ukraine. And adequately selected dishes of Ukrainian cuisine should help this.

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Samples of individual rations developed for the Armed Forces of Ukraine developed by RAZOM and FEST companies will be demonstrated in Media Center Ukraine. The developers called their individual ration for extreme conditions Kosmichna Yizha (Space Food). It is on par with food kits used by the world’s leading armies.

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• Lviv

On the President’s website, a petition requesting that vegetarian and vegan military ration packs be provided for Ukraine’s Armed Forces has already been supported by one-third of the required votes. Petitioners emphasize that such rations are needed not only by those who do not eat foods of animal origin for medical or ethical reasons. Religious fighters who keep the fast also need them. As long as this issue is not addressed at the government level, volunteers solve it independently. Before the all-out war, NGO Every Animal engaged in education projects. Now, they cook food for vegans on the front line. Their volunteer kitchens work in seven cities of Ukraine.

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José Andrés, the founder of World Central Kitchen, will give a briefing at Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform in Kyiv on August 9 at 2:30 PM. The restaurateur will talk about the company’s operations in Ukraine and food aid to the Ukrainians.

World Central Kitchen is a non-commercial, non-governmental organization that provides meals to victims of natural disasters and various emergencies. José Andrés, a celebrity chef, founded WCK in 2010: together with his team, he prepared food in Haiti following the devastating earthquake. World Central Kitchen has been working in various cities of Ukraine since the start of russia’s all-out invasion.

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Yulia Stefaniuk, the leader of the Food Mission, organized the provision of hot food at Lviv’s Railway Station since the beginning of the russian invasion.

Together with her team, Yulia cooked 300 liters of soup every day to provide free food to everyone who was escaping the war via the Railway Station in Lviv.

Before russia’s all-out invasion, Yulia was the managing partner of FEST Catering, a project of FEST Holding of Emotions.

Meet Yulia during her briefing at Media Center Ukraine on July 15. Please follow the briefing schedule on our website.

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Refugee volunteers from Donetsk region opened a meal center in Lviv, where they serve home-cooked meals. Lunches are free for internally displaced children with their parents. Other vulnerable groups can get a full three-course meal for UAH 50. Volunteers have also managed to set up their own production of macaroni in the meal center.

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Borscht is now inscribed in UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List. So now, the Ukrainian borscht is officially protected by UNESCO. Yevhen Klopotenko, a chef who worked on popularizing Ukrainian cuisine worldwide, played a big role in achieving this. For instance, he authored a book, Borscht and With Borscht, containing many different recipes for this traditional Ukrainian food.

By way of background information: russia attempted to present borscht as its own national food. For this reason, Ukraine officially applied for inscribing borscht on the UNESCO heritage list in March 2021.

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