"The team started cooking for hospitals and the national guard, and making up food packs for people who needed them. The war was a massive shock for us, but it was also a time when everyone pulled together. Suppliers were helping they would call and say: We've got 10kg of sweet potato, do you want them? You would put a message on the group chat with other restaurants and bars saying you'd had a request to feed 400 people."
"My business partner had a great spot for a restaurant in the centre of Dnipro, my home city in Ukraine, and we opened to rave reviews. My team and I were all a similar age and we had a shared vision: to create modern Ukrainian food. But by February 2022, just three months later, we knew war with Russia was likely. I was already in touch with friends in the army and, if Russia invaded, I knew I would fight."
A chef opened a modern Ukrainian restaurant in Dnipro after working in top European kitchens. The small, like-aged team shared a vision to create modern Ukrainian food and earned rave reviews. As war with Russia loomed in February 2022, the chef prepared to join the army. The remaining team kept the restaurant running, cooked for hospitals and the national guard, and prepared food packs for those in need. Suppliers and other restaurants coordinated donations and requests through group chat. The restaurant later reopened for quick service and used its cellar as a shelter during sirens while the chef served in the army.
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