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Celebrated chef founds new initiative!<\/p>\n

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Chef Kevin Gillespie and his business partner Marco Shaw launched a program to address food insecurity. Photo: Ed Carter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kevin Gillespie, award-winning chef, cookbook author and owner of Red Beard Restaurants, recently launched the Defend Southern Food Foundation with his business partner Marco Shaw. The aim is to decrease food insecurity in the May\u0002nard Jackson school cluster while building the area\u2019s economy by pur\u0002chasing locally sourced products.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe buy 75% of our food from local farmers and ranchers, and 100% of the produce grown on the Maynard Holbrook Jackson High School rooftop garden that we sponsor,\u201d says Gillespie, a Buckhead resident. \u201cWe also receive food donations from a major meat producer and partner with Second Helpings Atlanta that rescues surplus food.\u201d Gillespie has been involved in hunger-relief programs for de\u0002cades, but when the pandemic hit and scores of food service workers were furloughed, he tackled the issues of hunger and unemploy\u0002ment head on by creating DSFF.<\/p>\n

Employees prepare 2,500 meals a day at his Beltline-adjacent loca\u0002tion (formerly known as Cold Beer) for families identified by school personnel, then they deliver them to schools for distribution. The or\u0002ganization also partners with Center Parc Credit Union to provide the tools needed for financial literacy, as well as offering resources for other necessary items, such as clothing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Georgia, one in six families goes hungry, and it\u2019s one in five for children,\u201d Gillespie says. \u201cA donation of $20\u2014the cost of a cocktail\u2014can feed a family of four for a week. Customers can make donations at our restaurants or online.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information, visit gunshowatl.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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