World Food Day
World Food Day is an impactful opportunity every year for us to grow our global movement and generate action toward addressing the critical issue of global hunger. In 2024, we will be celebrating World Food Day with our fourth annual Chef Showdown, a culinary battle royale between talented chefs to create the dish that generates the most social media engagement and awareness for the Rise Against Hunger mission.
Each chef in our Chef Showdown will create a dish that must be inspired by one of the countries or regions Rise Against Hunger serves. The chef who collects the most likes, shares and comments on their Chef Showdown video segment wins the Golden Whisk Award! Tune in to Rise Against Hunger’s social media channels October 7-15, 2024, to cast your vote in this year’s Chef Showdown competition.
Who will win the Golden Whisk Award?
Winner will be announced October 16!
It Starts With a Meal™
The Chef Showdown is part of Rise Against Hunger’s campaign, It Starts With a Meal™, which inspires people across the globe to take action today and end hunger tomorrow. For a child facing hunger, a nutritious meal makes a world of difference. This World Food Day, It Starts With a Meal™, and it starts with you.
Get to Know the Participating Chefs
Nacho Aguirre and Susana Mijares — Owners of Délice Chocolatier & Patisserie in San Antonio, Texas, chefs Nacho and Susana are competing for the third year in a row.
Cristina Bowerman — Cristina is a Michelin-star-rated chef at Glass Hostaria, a restaurant in Rome, Italy, with a passion for creating dishes with a blend of flavors from around the world, competing for the second consecutive year.
Nicole McLaughlin – From Birmingham, Alabama, Nicole is the reigning Golden Whisk Award winner from 2023 and 2022. She is the culinary producer for Allrecipes with over 20 years of experience in the culinary industry.
Michelle Adrillana — Michelle is a chef, food and beverage consultant, content creator and Filipino cuisine advocate from the Philippines, and she is competing for the third time.
JR Royol — JR is a chef at the Anihan restaurant at Rise Against Hunger Philippines’ Good Food Farm, a champion of Master Chef Philippines and the host of the culinary show Farm to Table. He is competing for the first time this year.
