When the pandemic struck, there was no food truck at the Mission shelter, which used to serve mostly in the Waller Street dining room. Then came one, on loan.
The Ottawa Mission served more Easter dinners this year than it ever has before, even though the downtown shelter again couldn t offer its usual in-house service due to the pandemic.
The Ottawa Mission celebrated the first graduation of its Food Services Training Program for students trained exclusively at Chef Ric’s , the shelter’s new social enterprise on Rideau Street.
Saying there are unprecedented levels of hunger in the Ottawa region, the head of the Ottawa Mission is appealing for donations to help feed the community this Easter.
There are two visitors that we've come to expect at holiday time: Santa Claus down the chimney and Rocco DeFazio on Food Friday. Rocco's back! And this time he's joined by special guest star, Chef Ric Orlando. We'll roll back the years and talk about Italian Christmases from long ago.