Doctors and other health workers on the frontline of COVID-19 are being supplied free restaurant meals from the likes of world-renown chef Guillaume Brahimi under an initiative to keep exhausted health workers fed. 

Food blogger Nagi Maehashi set up “Shout a meal for healthcare heroes” in early April, with the aim of raising $210,000 to fund meals by qualified chefs and other professional food production companies, such as bakeries and catering companies.

“With their focus on patients and the long hours they’re working, too many healthcare workers are literally too exhausted to cook, and those who try are faced with empty supermarket shelves by the time their shift finishes,” she said on her GoFundMe page.

“Meals are pre-approved by hospitals for food safety and handling requirements.”