Ask Chefs Anything to Support Ukraine

The #AskChefsAnything campaign was launched in April of 2020 to raise awareness and funds for the community most impacted by the COVID crisis within the US restaurant world: the immigrant workers. The enterprise was so successful in New York City that satellite fundraisers have been held in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Miami, St. Louis, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Nashville and Houston cumulatively raising over $180,000, enabling us to deliver 165,000 meals. In September, #AskChefsAnything's first international edition was held to benefit those in desperate need in Beirut, Lebanon, which was roiled by an explosion that killed, injured and displaced hundreds of thousands of people and destroyed the city’s buildings and infrastructures.

We are now running the Ask Chefs Anything auction to support Ukraine during this difficult time. All money raised will be going to feed refugees on the Ukrainian border through the efforts of World Central Kitchen (https://wck.org/).

The auction offers bidders the rare opportunity to enjoy a 30-minute, one-on-one conversation with acclaimed chef and restaurant partners. Ask them anything! What’s your favorite dish? How did you get to where you are today? Cooking tips? Business tips? Really...anything! Sky’s the limit.

The funds raised will directly go to World Central Kitchen to help feed refugees on the Ukrainian border.

* All one on one calls will take place over zoom between May 1st and July 1st.

The #AskChefsAnything campaign was launched in April of 2020 by Gaeleen Quinn, founder of Q&A Hospitality consulting and the Bogota Food & Wine Festival and Anna Polonsky of Polonsky & Friends to raise awareness and funds for the community most impacted by the COVID crisis within the US restaurant world: the immigrant workers. The enterprise was so successful in New York City that satellite fundraisers have been held in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Miami, St. Louis, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Nashville and Houston cumulatively raising over $180,000, enabling us to deliver 165,000 meals. In September, #AskChefsAnything's first international edition was held to benefit those in desperate need in Beirut, Lebanon, which was roiled by an explosion that killed, injured and displaced hundreds of thousands of people and destroyed the city’s buildings and infrastructures.