Local Nonprofit Chef Competing in National Cooking Challenge
Chef John Murphy of Miriam’s Kitchen, a local homeless services nonprofit, is competing in the Sears Chef Challenge and needs your vote!
Chef John is a professionally-trained restaurant chef-turned-’soup kitchen’ chef, and is in this competition to show the nation that healthy, local food can and should be accessible to people from all walks of life. He practices that in his work at Miriam’s Kitchen, and is involved with initiatives around the city (including Michelle Obama’s Chefs Move to Schools! program) that practice the same.
The Sears Chef Challenge is a nationwide cooking competition that pits 24 chefs against each other to win $20,000 for their favorite food-based nonprofit. Chef John is competing on behalf of Miriam’s Kitchen and if he wins, will use the money to provide 20,000 healthy meals to homeless men and women in DC this year.
Chef John needs your help to make it to the next round of the competition though, and is asking for your vote.
Please consider voting for Chef John Murphy at www.searschefchallenge.com.
You can vote once per day, per email address between now and October 9th.
If you have any questions about the competition or Chef John Murphy, please contact Chef John Murphy at john@miriamskitchen.org or Jennifer Roccanti at jenn@miriamskitchen.org.
Let’s help Chef John show the nation that healthy, local food can be served anywhere–even in so-called soup kitchens.
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Snowpocalypse Note: Miriam’s Kitchen will continue to be open for breakfast (6:30 – 8am) and dinner (4:45 – 5:45pm) regardless of snow for the rest of the week. Anyone seeking help is welcome at Miriam’s (2401 Virginia Avenue, NW) Monday through Friday.
