Biography: LAURENCE EDELMAN, Executive Chef/Owner, Left Bank Laurence grew up in South Orange, New Jersey. Laurence began cooking as a child, at the knee of his father, emulsifying olive oil into egg yolks. He had an inborn interest in food, and was encouraged to...
Biography: Preston Madson, Executive Chef/Co-Owner, Bellwether Chef Preston Madson grew up in Southeast Georgia. Surrounded by Southern classics and locally grown ingredients, he developed an early appreciation for food and learned at a young age to cook based on the...
Biography: Yvan David Lemoine, Executive Chef, Gitano NYC Yvan Lemoine is the Executive Chef at Gitano NYC. Prior to Gitano, Yvan was the Executive chef at Union Fare. Before that, he worked with Tao Group for 8 years opening Lavo, Arlington club, and Surf...
Biography: Kim Huskey, Food Services Director, Americas, Food@Google Kim has 20 years experience as a hospitality and F&B leader in global corporate food services operations and strategy, restaurant fine dining, and restaurant consulting for development and...
Biography: Ginger Pierce, Executive Chef, Jams Restaurant Chef Ginger Pierce was raised in the San Francisco Bay area, where at a young age she gained an appreciation for the bounty of fresh, local produce. Her mother, an avid gardener, gave her an early affection for...
Voice of a Volunteer: Gregg When he’s not piloting around the world for JetBlue, Gregg likes to stay busy on his days off. And for him, that routine includes traveling over to Chelsea from Queens to volunteer at Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen. The music teacher turned...
Voice of a Volunteer: Joe Joe remembers driving by Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen with his wife many years ago. A parish administrator at a church that has a small weekend emergency food service program, she knew about Holy Apostles and raved about the soup kitchen. He...
Voice of a Volunteer...Addie Soup Kitchen volunteer coordinator Addie has big dreams on the horizon. We wished her farewell and good luck in February when she hung up her soup kitchen apron to begin training as a linguist for the U.S. Air Force. Addie started...
Voice of a Volunteer...Rachel “I started the search for soup kitchens in the city after meeting James, a homeless teenager,” says Rachel, a Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen volunteer and dedicated Fast-A-Thoner. “He was hungry most days, unable to find consistent food,” she...
Every weekday, our team of soup kitchen chefs arrives bright and early at 6 AM to start preparing a delicious, healthy meal for approximately 1,000 hungry New Yorkers. From bringing in grocery deliveries, chopping meat and vegetables in the downstairs prep kitchen,...