One of the associates of the World Central Kitchen (WCK) restaurant was hit on Saturday, according to non-profit cuisine CEO Nate Mook, who confirmed the news on Twitter. He said four staff members were injured in the blast. “An update I hoped I should never do. I’m at a @WCKitchen restaurant in Kharkov, where less than 24 hours ago I was meeting their amazing team,” Mook wrote next to a video of himself standing between burned cars and buildings that were severely damaged. “That’s the reality here – cooking is a heroic act of bravery.” Firefighters arrived at the scene after a Russian rocket hit a World Central Kitchen restaurant in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Saturday (April 16th). Felipe Dana / AP The northeastern city of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest, has been under regular heavy bombardment since Russia launched its invasion more than six weeks ago. On Sunday, Mook shared a briefing from Kharkiv stating that the injured staff were “doing well” and the restaurant team was in the process of moving “all food and undamaged equipment” to another location in the city. “The work does not stop,” he added. Andrés also took to Twitter to address the strike, as well as to inform staff about the well-being of the restaurant. Founded by Andrés in 2010, WCK, an organization focused on catering in disaster and war zones, has been supplying food to Ukrainians since the beginning of the conflict, with units in about 30 cities across the country, according to the official website. of. On April 15, Andrés shared a graphic detailing the scale of the organization’s operation in Ukraine, including the creation of more than 300 restaurants and the delivery of more than 300,000 meals a day. “We believe that a plate of food is sometimes the beginning of a better tomorrow,” Andrés said in a video posted Sunday. Top Picture: José Andrés. Credit: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images
