The one-night fundraising event will support the families of seven World Central Kitchen humanitarian workers killed in the Israeli attack.
WASHINGTON — Celebrity chefs from the DMV are coming together for a dinner event to raise money for the families of seven World Central Kitchen humanitarian workers killed in Gaza earlier this month.
Chefs Stopping AAPI Hate (CSAH), an organization that works with chefs to support causes, will host an event at Moon Rabbit on April 29th.
The group said many in the D.C. culinary community knew the victims personally.
Moon Rabbit chef Kevin Tien said the kaiseki meal with drink pairings would bring together an “unprecedented collection of bold names” in the city's food scene in one night.
The event is already sold out.
“I think the power of food can be used as a good way to recover and to be persistent and keep moving forward,” Tien told WUSA9.
Other participating chefs include Aaron Silverman of Rose's Luxury, Matt Adler of Caruso's Grocery, Ryan Latino or Breska, Eric Bruner-Yang of Maquette, Rose Previte of Compass Rose, and Amy Brand of Centrolina. Includes Wine, Lucky Danger's Tim Maher and Susan Bay. Moon Rabbit.
“We're friends and competitors, but we all come together for something like this. It's a really good thing to see happen here in D.C., especially within the chef community,” says Chef Tim.・Marr told WUSA9. “Chefs are celebrities in the community to some degree, so to use that for something like this is a really positive thing.”
CSAH previously helped support WCK's emergency food operations in Ukraine, Maui, and Gaza.
The workers were killed when an Israeli armed drone struck a marked vehicle used to deliver food.
WCK Founding Chef José Andrés previously said: “My heart breaks and I grieve for their families and friends and the entire WCK family. These are people…angels.'' I served with them in Ukraine, Gaza, Turkey, Morocco, the Bahamas, and Indonesia. They are not faceless. They are not unknown.”
Since its founding in 2021 to support AAPI causes, CSAH has raised more than $250,000.
