Restaurants may have closed, but that hasn't stopped top chefs banding together with students and volunteers to provide thousands of meals for the elderly and vulnerable.
The school is part of 5,000 Meals, a project by Prepare, Produce, Provide — an organisation of home economics teachers — that empowers young people to help their communities by making meals for people at risk.
Using produce from food rescue network SecondBite and other suppliers with excess stock, the group has been able to make fresh savoury and sweet meals for a variety of groups, including the local council.
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