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COVID-19 Food donation to workers at a Hospital

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Summary:
Mifune NY is raising funds to support healthcare workers by serving food during COVID-19 outbreak in NYC

My name is Yuu Shimano, the co-executive chef of Mifune NY, a French-Japanese restaurant in Midtown Manhattan.
I trained at couple of restaurants in France at the beginning of my career, and also worked at Guy Savoy, a three Michelin starred restaurant in Paris.
I arrived in NYC in 2017 and always worked hard to cook memorable dishes & bring smiles to my customers.

Needless to say that my journey changed drastically with the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the first case reported on March 1st until April 17th, New York State counted 230,000+ confirmed cases and more than 16,000 deaths.

When New York State enacted the "stay-at-home" order, we didn't have the choice but temporarily close our establishment just like the entire restaurant/bar industry.

At such time, I learnt that a friend of mine who is a doctor at a NYC hospital had been infected by COVID-19. He had been working very hard during the peak of cases and he contracted the virus himself. He never complained and his only objective was to recover fast and go back to work and help the COVID patients.
I got inspired by his mindset and determination and I really wanted to find a way to support the hospital workers. I wondered what I could do as a restaurant chef.

Few days ago, I prepared 50 sandwiches alone from scratch, and donated to frontline workers at a hospital in Manhattan.
I received so many thank you messages and requests to continue. Many people reached out as they wanted to support my action.

This is why I created this Gofundme page in order to keep preparing meals to support the hospital workers "through their stomach".
100% of the donations will go to support this project.

Thank you very much for your support and stay safe!

-Yuu Shimano

[Japanese]

MIFUNE NY、エグゼクティブシェフの島野雄です。私は下積み時代を経てパリの3つ星レストランで修行後、ニューヨークにあるMIFUNE NYというレストランで、日々“食”を通してお客様に笑顔と感動を提供することを目標に活動してきました。

そんな料理一筋の日々を一変させたのが新型コロナです。3月1日にNYで初めての感染が確認されてから、4月17日までで、ニューヨーク市のみで感染者数23万人、日々8000人の感染者数増加、死者数も16000人を超えています。

NYの感染防止条例の一環で営業自粛を余儀なくされ、MIFUNEを含む私たち飲食業界は大きな打撃を受けました。

そんな中、SNSでコロナと戦う友人医師の姿を目の当たりにしました。彼は、過酷な労働環境下で日々コロナウイルス患者の診療に当たった末、新型コロナウイルスに感染してしまいましたが、不満ひとつ漏らさず、早期回復し再び患者を救うことだけを考えていました。

私もそんな彼の頑張りを見て、なんらかの形で彼らの活動をサポートしてコロナウイルス撲滅に貢献したい。シェフである自分の強みを活かして何かできないかと考えました。

先日、50人分のサンドイッチを一から手作りし、私の友人のような現場で奮闘する医療従事者にレストランの味を寄付したところ、予想以上の感謝の言葉と共にリピートを求める意見を多く頂きました。また、嬉しいことに多方面の方より私の活動を支援したいとの声も頂きました。

そこで、みなさんの声を形に変え、医療従事者にお弁当を届けるために本サイトを開設しました。集まった寄付金は全て医療従事者の胃袋をサポートする為に使います。

皆様の想いを料理に込めて送り届けます!共に医療従事者を支援一刻も早いコロナ終息に向け手を取り合いましょう!

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島野 雄
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New York, NY

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