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HOW TMK FOUND ITS PATH
The Migrant Ki tchen began in
October 2019 as a cater ing company
focused on providing meaningful
opportunit ies for undocumented
immigrants to make a fair wage
whi le receiv ing professional cul inary
training. I t expanded i ts miss ion on
March 13th by responding to another
urgent need: del iver ing meals to
healthcare workers on the front l ines
OUR STORY
The Migrant Ki tchen is founded and
begins cater ing off ice lunches and
private events around New York City,
averaging about 300 meals a week.
COVID-19 completely shuts down NYC and
TMK starts us ing food reserves from cancel led
events to feed front l ine workers , del iver ing
about 100 meals a day.
New partnerships al low TMK to ramp up
efforts and begin preparing, packaging
and del iver ing over 4,000 meals a day.
Increased support and bandwidth
enables TMK to del iver nearly
10,000 meals a day across NYC.
The Migrant Ki tchen pop-up is launched as
a way for us to share both our food and our
miss ion with the ent ire c i ty. For ever y meal
purchased at the pop-up, we donate a
meal to a New Yorker in need .
of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The operat ion started modest ly at
100 meals a day but quickly grew in
capacity and scope. As of mid-July,
the team was serving 60,000 meals
a week as part of the GetFoodNYC
program, cooking for vulnerable
seniors , mosques, var ious NYC/NJ
shelters and more. On July23rd, the
team served i ts one mi l l ionth meal .
What started out on March
13th with 100 meals to hospitals
and shelters quickly grew to
6,000 meals a day to thirteen
hospitals, four food pantries,
three homeless shelters,
three senior centers, public
housing complexes in the
Bronx and Queens, a
Queens mosque and dozens
of covid-19-infected families.
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THE EARLY DAYS OF TMK
The year is 2012. Nas and Dan are
both working at a restaurant in NYC,
where they meet for the f i rst t ime—
and the long and winding 7-year
road to what wi l l one day become
The Migrant Ki tchen begins.
When Nas decides to leave to pursue
other ventures, he and Dan’s stor ies
diverge. In the meantime, restaurants
are opened and closed, opportunit ies
are taken and lessons are learned.
For a whi le, Nas and Dan are l ike
passing ships, always miss ing each
other by a moment.
Thankful ly, the universe saw to i t
that their paths would cross again,
when Nas cal led up Dan with an
opportunity and Dan decided to
take him up on i t. F inal ly, they were
able to partner up on a project
that had been a long t ime coming,
and now only needed a name.
When a mutual fr iend suggested
The Migrant Kitchen , i t fe l t
perfect for the pair (with Nas
being an immigrant himself and
Dan the chi ld of immigrants) and
for what they hoped to bui ld
together: a k i tchen where food
OUR FOUNDERS
cultures could combine and the f lavor
of dishes would change depending
on who was cooking i t. I t didn’t hurt
that the name was appropriate on
another level , too: as a pop-up,
their k i tchen would be constant ly
“migrat ing,” quite l i teral ly.
When sett ing out to make the Migrant
Ki tchen a real i ty, nei ther Dan or Dan
knew exact ly what would develop. Now
that their miss ion has been made clear,
i t ’s t ime to get cooking.
WHO WE ARENASSER JABER
DANIEL DORADO
Original ly from Ramallah, Palest ine,
Nasser Jaber came to the United States
to study. Working at restaurants to
pay his way, Nas quickly discovered
that his true passion was food. His
talents would take him from wait ing
tables to training under some of the
best chefs in New York City.
Inspired by the diverse stor ies of
America’s immigrant communit ies ,
Nas developed his acclaimed project
Displaced Ki tchens. Passionate about
cul inary diplomacy, Nas has worked
with the U.S. government in Turkey
and Sweden to provide real solut ions
to the refugee cr is is through food
hospital i ty and farming.
Born in Los Angeles to parents from
Mexico, Daniel Dorado’s love of
cooking can be traced back to his
earl iest years, working as a l ine
cook alongside his older brother and
enjoying Sunday dinners cooked by
his abuel i ta. Dan, l ike Nas, worked in
restaurants throughout col lege, where
he real ized that his love of food
was much greater than his love of
communicat ions. After making the
decis ion to pursue cooking ful l-t ime,
he moved to NYC and eventual ly
landed the posi t ion of Head Chef
at I l i l i . There, Dan learned Middle
Eastern spices and techniques that
had previously been unknown to him,
completely transforming the way he
cooks and creates dishes today.
COMPANY EVOLUTIONWhile we remain committed to our
miss ion of empowering immigrants ,
our rel ief work during the COVID-19
cr is is widened our perspect ive and
reinforced the importance of
upl i f t ing the vulnerable within our local
communit ies . The help we provided
to health care workers in the peak of
the cr is is was important, but we real ize
that the real work is ahead of us.
An estimated 1.4 million New York City residents now rely on emergency food programs, including soup kitchens and food pantries, each year.
We can’t go back to s imply
cater ing. We know that the goal of
ensuring that every indiv idual in
New York City has access to healthy
and affordable food—regardless
of socioeconomic status—is a
lofty one. But as the low-income
populat ion widens in the wake of
lost jobs and l imited resources, i t
has become clear that services l ike
ours are needed now more than
ever. At our new pop-up coming
soon, for ever y meal purchased,
another wil l be donated to a hungr y
New Yorker. In l ine with our or iginal
miss ion, we wi l l cont inue to employ
and empower migrant workers in
this pursui t. As they weave cultures
together in the k i tchen, preparing
meals which wi l l soon be shared with
those pr iv i leged and unpriv i leged
al ike, a sense of the vulnerable l i f t ing
the vulnerable is experienced and a
circular economy is developed.
https://stories.zagat.com/posts/nasser-jaber-on-creat-ing-jobs-through-immigrant-cuisine
https://www.ny1noticias.com/nyc/noticias/noticias/2020/04/14/inmigrantes-preparan-alimentos-pa-ra-los-mas-necesitados?cid=facebook_NY1_Noticias&fbclid=IwAR1AX602QGzQ5swWimtd8OqzKmHsIAaP-
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/voraciously/wp/2020/05/08/at-a-new-york-relief-kitchen-urgency-meets-empathy-as-immigrants-create-thousands-of-meals-a-day/
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AlJazeera: Video Screenshots PARTNERS: We are grateful for game-changing partnerships with both national and local non-profit organizations that help make our goals a reality:
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AlJazeera: Video Screenshots PARTNERS: We are grateful for game-changing partnerships with both national and local non-profit organizations that help make our goals a reality:
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OUR PARTNERS
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR GAME-CHANGING PARTNERSHIPS WITH
BOTH NATIONAL AND LOCAL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
THAT HELP MAKE OUR GOALS A REALITY
FOR PRESS INQUIRES:
info@themigrantkithennyc.com
THANK YOU
@themigrantki tchen
@themigrantki tchen
395 S End Ave
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