We officially celebrate the opening of The Sangiacomo Flynn Building, home to the Andy and Teri Goodman Nourishing Kitchen

New milestones to announce about our new kitchen!

• Construction of the new kitchen is completed; much of the furniture and equipment has been moved in and set up.
• We officially have keys and soon, staff will be moving into the building to begin training on the new kitchen equipment.
• Full kitchen operations to begin by end of October.

Meals on Wheels San Francisco Executive Chef, David Hernandez, highlights some of the features and capabilities of the new ovens that just arrived at our soon-to-be-opened facility.

This week is the one-year anniversary when we officially broke ground on this project and began a new chapter in our organization’s history. We’re are thrilled at the progress of the new kitchen — see photos below! 

• State-of-the-art industrial kitchen equipment is starting to be placed inside the facility. Soon staff will receive safety and operational training on each piece of equipment.
• The interior areas of the new kitchen are almost completed with many walls painted and carpeting and other flooring installed.
• The outer perimeter fence is under construction.
• Pavers have been installed in the visitor entry walkway. Soon, many of these will have inscriptions from supporters.

We’re excited to see the transformation of our new kitchen and food production facility take place! We’re less than 60 days away from occupying the facility as construction continues to move forward.

• Approximately 91% of the funds have been secured for the capital campaign. We have approximately $3.7million to raise; learn how you can make a donation to the capital campaign with the purchase of our commemorative pavers.
• Drywall and doorframes have been installed and corridors are taking shape.
• Refrigeration rooms are being installed.

Now more than ever, we are looking forward to completing the construction of our new kitchen and food production facility so that we can increase our meal production and storage capacity by double in order to help those in need during crisis situations such as COVID-19. To date:

• We’ve reached our “topping off” milestone — a point in construction where the last beam is put into place. See the slideshow below for pictures from the event.
• Interior walls, floors, and ceilings are starting to be installed.
• Fundraising for the $41 million project continues with $4.7 million needed to complete the project.
• The public is invited to be a part of our MOWSF history with the purchase of Pavers to be installed in our walkway entrance. Pavers can be purchased here.

We are truly excited to provide you with the latest information on our efforts to build our new kitchen and food production facility. Here are the highlights to date:

• Hosted a groundbreaking marking the official start of construction on July 25, 2019
• Secured 100 percent financing and New Markets Tax Credit support
• Approximately 82 percent of the funds have been raised for this project to date 
• Foundation is now poured and walls are beginning to go up
• Kitchen is slated to open beginning of the fourth quarter 2020