Kwame Onwuachi
"I support No Kid Hungry because I was once a kid who faced food insecurity."
Chef Kwame Onwuachi is a chef, author, and activist living in Los Angeles. We first met Kwame in 2015 ‒ and he’s since become an ardent supporter of our work. Kwame has cooked at multiple No Kid Hungry events, advocated on Capitol Hill and traveled to New Orleans to witness our work in schools.
In early 2021, Kwame joined our Leadership Council, a group of passionate corporate, philanthropic, media, culinary and policy leaders that provide strategic guidance on the No Kid Hungry campaign.
READ: Learn more about Kwame’s commitment to No Kid Hungry.
LISTEN: Hear Kwame on our podcast Add Passion + Stir.
Cesar Zapata
“I was one of the kids that No Kid Hungry talks about. Now that I’m a chef, I want to be involved so that kids don’t have to experience what I went through as a kid.”
Chef Cesar Zapata is a No Kid Hungry champion living in Miami. Cesar came to know our work through South Florida's Taste of the Nation, a fundraising event he led as co-chair from 2017 to 2020. Cesar is a natural ally in the fight to end childhood hunger. As a kid, his family relied on SNAP and school meals to make ends meet.
"I was that kid that No Kid Hungry talks about," he shared with us. "My parents had two jobs to make sure that we had food. We still struggled, waking up and not being able to have breakfast."
In 2020, Cesar joined our Leadership Council, a group of passionate corporate, philanthropic, media, culinary and policy leaders that provide strategic guidance on the No Kid Hungry campaign.