Wine Auctions Help Service Industry Workers, Bezos Donates $100M to Food Banks, Michelin Star Restaurant Feeds NYC Healthcare Workers [3/30/2020 – 4/5/2020]
Wineries in California have begun holding weekly auctions to help support the Restaurant Workers Community Foundation, an organization that provides financial assistance to service industry workers affected by Coronavirus closures. Starting April 5th, a donated lot of wine will be featured, and bids will be taken until the following Sunday. You can find all of the information by going to 86lostwages.org.
McDonald’s across the U.K. and Ireland have been closed for the last few weeks, and fans of the fast-food restaurant have taken to social media to show their sadness. McDonald's has responded by sharing the recipe for its Sausage McMuffin in hopes of cheering people up. McDonald’s doesn't claim it will taste “as good as the real thing” but hopes it will “keep those taste buds satisfied in lockdown.”
Jeff Bezos donates 100 million dollars to food banks across the country. In an Instagram post, Bezos wrote, “Even in ordinary times, food insecurity in America is an important problem, and unfortunately, COVID-19 is amplifying that stress.” It's worth noting that this is the largest single donation in the history of Feeding America.
José Andrés has made an important promise to every doctor and nurse, and he plans to keep it. The chef and humanitarian vowed in a tweet that “When I reopen my restaurants, I hope I will, every active doctor or nurse will eat for free for the rest of the year.” Andres also stated that many of his family members were healthcare workers.
Eleven Madison Park, a three Michelin Star restaurant in NYC, is feeding healthcare workers and New Yorkers in need during the coronavirus pandemic. The restaurant announced last week that it would be converting its high-end space into a soup kitchen for ReThink, a nonprofit known for making ready-to-eat meals out of what would be wasted grocery store food. The hope is that they will be able to provide 1,000-3,000 meals per day.