International Special Awards 2021PersonalityInternational selection

Guillaume Gomez & Stéphane Méjanès

Les Chefs Avec Les Soignants / Chefs For Healthworkers

France

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Community Spirit Award

A chef or restaurateur showing an outstanding commtment to supporting frontline staff or fighting the financial and humanitarian crisis within hospitality

This initiative from Guillaume Gomez, head chef at the Elysée Palace, journalist Stéphane Méjanes, and the Paris Hospitals trust is one of the finest examples of community spirit and solidarity. Its purpose? To serve a decent hot meal to hospital staff. 776 chefs have cooked for 146 public hospitals and 119 private hospitals, serving 104,767 meals. The produce is supplied by wholesalers from the Rungis International Market and the TipToque website handles logistics.