Mercy Chefs Hosts Good Morning America in Asheville

October 5, 2024

Mercy Chefs Hosts Good Morning America in Asheville

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Mercy Chefs hosted Good Morning America anchor, Gio Benitez, at the Mission Hospital Imaging Center site in Asheville.

Gio interviewed Mercy Chefs Founder and CEO, Gary LeBlanc, and two volunteers, Red and Ashley Harrell, from Eastern North Carolina. Gio even helped prepare lunch!

Mercy Chefs has served thousands of meals to people in need in Western North Carolina in communities like Marshall, Bat Cave, Hendersonville and Swannanoa.

If you’d like to watch the segment in its entirety, click here.

ABOUT MERCY CHEFS  

Mercy Chefs is a 501c3 founded in 2006 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The organization exists to provide professionally prepared, restaurant-quality meals to victims, volunteers, and first responders in natural disasters and national emergencies, and partners with existing ministries with food service in underserved communities across the country and around the globe. Since its founding, Mercy Chefs has served more than 38 million meals. In 2025, Good Morning America held a live broadcast from Mercy Chefs’ headquarters as part of its “50 States in 50 Weeks” coverage. Mercy Chefs has also been featured in news outlets such as CNN, Fox News, NBC News, PBS, and Southern Living. For more information, visit mercychefs.com.

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