We rescue.
We cook.
We feed.
The name Chefs with Compassion says a lot, but it doesn’t say it all.
Chefs with Compassion is a collaboration of partners – individuals, companies, and organisations – who together rescue surplus food that would go to waste, donate it to kitchens where it is cooked, to feed the growing number of hungry people in food vulnerable areas.
Chefs with Compassion was launched in May 2020 as a not-for-profit company in response to the Covid-19 humanitarian crisis, and aims to continue as long as need can be met.
Rescue 10 million tonnes of food goes to waste every year in South Africa. It’s a shocking fact - that means one-third of all the food produced in SA is waste - which is more than enough to feed every one of the 19 million people going hungry across the country. It is our mission to rescue and redirect as much of this perfectly good food as possible.
Cook Through our network of community cooks, caterers and compassionate chefs, we cook nourishing meals for food vulnerable people.
Feed The third and final part of our mission is to ensure the cooked food reaches the people who need it most, through our approved beneficiary organisations.
Our mission is
to Rescue | Cook | Feed.
Volunteers are the life blood of Chefs with Compassion. These are the people who:
