Established in 1989, DC Central Kitchen is a community kitchen that recovers unused food, prepares and delivers meals to social service agencies. It recycles surplus food and turns it into meals for several people in Washington, D.C. The kitchen s First Helping program provides various street-level meal, referral and counseling services to homeless people. DC Central Kitchen also offers a...
About UsDC Central Kitchen began its first phase of operations on January 20, 1989, redistributing the excess food from the Presidential inauguration. The Kitchen is founded on the premise that when fighting poverty, one must fight to win by using every resource available. Be it food, money, or people, we at the Kitchen hate to see wasted potential. Since its inception, DC Central Kitchen has...