Chef to the Shelters (CttS) was founded with the purpose to feed meals to those in early sobriety that spoke of dignity, love and respect.
The meals were created from the vision of Chef Mike McCoy, Founder and President, who in his first year of sobriety, was living in his car eating saltine crackers.
Chef Mike has been sober since April 18th, 2018. Previous to his sobriety, he was on the opening team for four stadiums/arenas in the country, locally Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie and the American Airlines Center. Chef Mike had served as VP of Sales in the NHL, MLB, Class 1 Thoroughbred Horse Racing and professional soccer. He also spent nine years in commercial title in Arizona before his disease took him to a point where he lost everything.
Today, he and his culinary team are able to feed 37 sober transition shelters and sober living homes, once a month from his shared kitchen concept just north of Dallas.
Chef to the Shelters is able to feed 1300 men and women early in sobriety once a month at no cost to the facilities. When the delicious meals are delivered, those facilities are able to put those monies from their operating budget for food, back into services where it is truly needed.
Chef Mike was able to perfect his craft from other chefs he worked with in Berckmans Place at Augusta National Golf Club each year while cooking for the members of Augusta. Several of the chefs there fly in for fundraising events here to help the CttS organization continue on its mission.
Chef to the Shelters’ mission is to provide meals and share our experience, strength and hope with men and women early in their recovery through our walk in faith and our journey in sobriety.
Monetary donations to purchase groceries to feed the sober living community.
CttS values and respects all employees, residents and volunteers, whatever their gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, sexual orientation or identity, education or disability. We intentionally choose to provide a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace and are committed to a nondiscriminatory approach. We strive to ensure all voices are valued and heard.
Organization name
Chef to the Shelters
other names
CttS
Causes
Hunger & Food Access
Operating Budget
$250,000 - $499,999
Counties Served
Collin, Dallas, Tarrant, Denton
BIPOC Serving
Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx
Address
1913 Bridgewater Drive