Project Angel Food’s new kitchen in Hollywood can make 4.5 million meals a year

The Project Angel Food celebrated the grand opening of the first building of The Chuck Lorre Family Foundation Kitchen & Campus at 922 Vine St. in Hollywood, a project that doubles the non-profit’s culinary footprint to 16,000 square feet, significantly increasing its capacity to produce medically tailored meals for critically ill residents.

The new kitchen increases hot cook lines from one to three, expanding annual capacity from 1.5 million meals to the ability to produce more than 4.5 million meals each year, with the ability to one day serve more than 10,000 people annually across Los Angeles County.

Project Angel Food is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization that prepares and delivers medically tailored meals to people living with critical illnesses, such as HIV/AIDS, cancer, and kidney failure. Founded in 1989, Project Angel Food provides free, nutritious food to over 5,000 homebound individuals.

“This new building represents hope, growth, and the next chapter of our mission, so we can nourish our most vulnerable neighbors today, tomorrow, and for decades to come. Thanks to our partners, donors, and community leaders, we are expanding our capacity and strengthening our ability to respond when our community needs us most,” said Richard Ayoub, CEO of Project Angel Food.