Coronavirus: Chefs fight back

Published: April 30, 2020, 3 a.m.

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Coronavirus has crippled the restaurant industry, leaving thousands of chefs fighting to save their businesses, but some have been using the crisis, and their own influence, to help and inspire others.

Massimo Bottura, one of the world\\u2019s most celebrated chefs, hasn\\u2019t been able to serve guests in his three-Michelin-star restaurant, Osteria Francescana, since early March. He tells Graihagh Jackson why, instead, he has been inviting the world into his home kitchen via Instagram every night during Italy\\u2019s long lockdown.

Deepanker Khosla, one of Thailand\\u2019s top young chefs, refused to close his kitchen when Bangkok\\u2019s eateries were forced to shut. He\\u2019s now using it to cook thousands of meals for the migrant workers who\\u2019ve been left jobless and hungry by the pandemic.

And Ana Ro\\u0161, chef at one of the world\\u2019s top 50 restaurants - Hi\\u0161a Franko - has been creating new products to support her local farmers and suppliers, and is trying to use the crisis to reform Slovenia\\u2019s entire food industry.

If you'd like to get in touch with us please email thefoodchain@bbc.co.uk

(Picture: Massimo Bottura, Ana Ro\\u0161, and Deepanker Khosla handing out food to a woman in Bangkok. Credit: Sylvain Gaboury/Patrick McMullan, Pablo Cuadra, Getty Images, Deepanker Khosla, BBC)

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