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DC Chef Helps Feed Officers Securing Capitol Area After Riot

"As you know, there's a curfew so there's no food, there's no restaurants, so I'm here in Bethesda meeting my team," Chef Jose Andres said. "We've got to make sure those men and women often forgotten can be taken care of."

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January 8, 2021

DC Chef Helps Feed Officers Securing Capitol Area After Riot

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Hi everybody...what can I say...today was a tragic day for America. I’m here in Bethesda, picking up 120 pizzas to bring to downtown DC to the heroic women & men keeping our city safe tonight. I’m meeting my @WCKitchen team which is also bringing our kitchen truck to support... pic.twitter.com/FmoPedVYeu
— Please wear a mask! Do it for the World please... (@chefjoseandres) January 7, 2021

One of Washington, D.C.'s favorite pizza chefs, Chef Jose Andres and his daughter took 120 pies to feed the law enforcement officers guarding the nation's capitol in the aftermath of the riot Wednesday night.

In a video posted on Twitter, Chef Andres said on a "tragic day for America" he was doing his part to help "the heroic men & women keeping our city safe tonight."

"As you know, there's a curfew so there's no food, there's no restaurants, so I'm here in Bethesda meeting my team," Andres said. "We've got to make sure those men and women often forgotten can be taken care of."

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