An Ode to Lunch Ladies and Lunch Gentlemen everywhere! On today’s episode of Local Legends we learn why a Michelin-Starred restaurant chef, Dan Giusti, left his job at one of the world’s best restaurants, NOMA in Copenhagen, to start cooking school lunches for kids.

He founded Brigaid in 2016, a company that connects chefs with institutional food programs like public schools and nonprofit private schools, to bring healthy, affordable, and delicious food to our growing kids across the country.
More about Brigaid: https://www.chefsbrigaid.com
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About 9 million kids in the US, or 1 out of every 8 kids, currently live in food-insecure households. If you're looking for ways to help, check out www.nokidhungry.org to donate or volunteer!

Many many thanks to the hardworking and dedicated team at CB Jennings Elementary who managed to get everything ready by lunch time even with us in the way:
Tina Bannister | Cafeteria Chef
Lei Lovendino | Cafeteria Cook
Kelly Avery & Eduardo Vitorino | Cafeteria Staff
Kevin Munday | Custodian
Samantha Wilson | Child Nutrition Director
Norma Delara | School Principal
Sean Brown | Assistant Principal
Alex Leigh | Brigaid Chef

Special thanks to Yeti for their support on this episode - they make some great lunchboxes if your kid's school doesn't make em quite as tasty as Lei and Tina!!

https://www.yeti.com/coolers/soft-coo...

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Produced by: Brad Leone, Carolyn Gagnon, Ian Deveau, and Hobson Feltus

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