Over 300 chefs in 10 cities across South Africa will be serving up 67 000 litres of soup this coming Mandela Day, the 18 July 2020. This translates to 268 000 cups of hot and hearty nourishment for hungry people.
The #67000litres campaign is the idea of two charities who are both committed to rescuing food and feeding some of the most vulnerable members of our society: SA Harvest and Chefs with Compassion.“Even before this pandemic, 13 million South African men, women and children went to bed hungry. Now its 18 million!”Chefs with Compassion was founded in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and has provided meals to over 400 000 people since 06 April 2020. SA Harvest’s mission is to ensure that every South African can access adequate nutritious food on a daily basis, through rescuing and redistributing food, as well as educating and engaging with communities. Since lockdown began, they have delivered 1.7 million meals to a range of beneficiaries who feed people in need.

“The spirit of Mandela is alive and well in the hospitality industry, despite the challenges we are facing.”The cook-a-thon will start at 06h00 on Saturday, in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Pretoria, Durban, Bloemfontein, Mokopane, Rustenburg, Vereeniging, Port Elizabeth and Nelspruit. The chefs – who come from restaurants, hotels, cooking schools and catering operations – will chop, mix, stir and cook the hours away (using rescued food) so that by 14h00 they can hand 67 000 litres of soup to over 80 beneficiary organisations from around the country. In addition, food trucks in the three major centres will travel in convoy with SA Harvest’s trucks to deliver soup to vulnerable communities.
