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As he learned on Tuesday that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had blocked a proposal to provide $2,000 in direct pandemic-relief, James Beard award-winning chef Chris Shepherd’s first thought was for hospitality workers who “are going to get crushed.”
The $600 that was included in the Coronavirus Relief Package is “not even close” to what many of these workers need, Shepherd says. “That’s sad.”
Shepherd, executive chef and owner of the restaurant group Underbelly Hospitality in Houston, has been doing what he can for all types of workers in the food and beverage industry suffering as a result of Covid-19 through his foundation, Southern Smoke.