Andrew Zimmern: ‘We Can Do It’: Celebrity Chef Andrew Zimmern on Finding the Will to Solve Hunger
On the eve of the United Nations General Assembly, as 50 guests gathered for the latest TIME100 Talk to wine and dine at Aretsky’s Patroon in New York City, the topic of the night was hunger.
It’s an issue that affects more than 33 million people in the United States and as many as 1 in 10 people globally—and it’s personal to James Beard Award-winning chef and TV presenter Andrew Zimmern, the featured speaker for the event, Embracing Progress: The Challenges and Impact of Disruption, presented by TIME in partnership with Philip Morris International.
Zimmern, who says his own past struggles with addiction and alcoholism once led him to eat Thanksgiving meals provided by the Salvation Army, now uses his celebrity status to advocate for the fight against hunger—a problem he believes remains unsolved by lack of will more than lack of ability.
“We have the food,” Zimmern emphasizes, as well as the systems for distribution. Solving hunger in the U.S. is estimated to cost anywhere from $23 to $40 billion.
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