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\nA-List celebs are helping restaurants stay afloat during the pandemic \u2014 and feeding those in need at the same time.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re working with the Plating Change program \u2014 set up by the \u201cProfit\u201d host Marcus Lemonis \u2014 which does double duty by helping struggling restaurants make money by paying them to cook for people who don\u2019t have enough food.<\/p>\n
Amy Schumer, Pharrell Williams, and other stars picked their favorite mom-and-pop eatery, then Zoomed the owners with Lemonis to place orders of up to $40,000. The meals are set to be given out in the community through charities and shelters.<\/p>\n
Schumer chose Brooklyn restaurant Emma\u2019s Torch \u2014 which helps provide refugees with culinary training \u2014 with the program purchasing 3,000 meals for $30,000 for those in need. \u201cMy quarantine diet is over,\u201d Schumer joked about buying that much food.<\/p>\n
Matthew McConaughey chose Mr. Catfish in Texas, where he used to work, with the program giving $40,000. Of that, $2,000 is earmarked specifically to help the staff.<\/p>\n
Others participating include A-Rod, who chose Sanguich in Miami; Williams, who picked Eddie\u2019s Chesapeake Bay Crabhouse in Norfolk, Virginia; and Kristen Bell, who chose Kismet in LA.<\/p>\n
Donations can be made on Lemonis\u2019 website, World Central Kitchen and by donating your change on order through Grubhub.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A-List celebs are helping restaurants stay afloat during the pandemic \u2014 and feeding those in need at the same time. They\u2019re working with the Plating Change program \u2014 set up by the \u201cProfit\u201d host Marcus Lemonis \u2014 which does double duty by helping struggling restaurants make money by paying them to cook for people …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":64176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11185],"tags":[65552,65554],"yoast_head":"\n