‘Whatever you think it is, it’s worse,’ Chef Gary talks with Fox News Live in North Carolina

October 6, 2024

‘Whatever you think it is, it’s worse,’ Chef Gary talks with Fox News Live in North Carolina

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Chef Gary LeBlanc spoke with Fox News Live about our response in Western North Carolina days after Hurricane Helene tore through the mountainous area.

“I’ve been doing this for many years,” Chef Gary told Fox News. “It rivals Katrina in many ways, it rivals Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, it rivals Hurricane Michael in Panama City.”

Mercy Chefs is serving survivors, hospital staff and first responders in Asheville. Many people we are serving just want to know that they aren’t forgotten.

“We get to go in and share hope in the form of a beautiful, hot chef-prepared meal and let them know they have not been forsaken, that they have not been forgotten,” said Chef Gary.

If you’d like to see Chef Gary’s full interview with Fox News Live, 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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