Washington-based chef and philanthropist José Andrés teamed up with Nationals Park for Andrés’ not-for-profit World Central Kitchen to use the ballpark’s kitchens to produce and distribute free meals for the poor beginning Tuesday.
The Nationals announced that 1,000 meals were cooked and distributed to those in need on Tuesday, and when operating in full, the effort should be able to produce 50,000 meals a day.
The meals are being distributed in the communities surrounding Nationals Park and the Nationals Youth Baseball Academy in Southeast Washington.
The Nationals received permission from Events DC, the park’s landlord, to utilize several of the park’s kitchens for World Central Kitchen’s purposes while the baseball season and other sports are suspended during the coronavirus pandemic.