HOUSTON – Chef Wade Schindler, Executive Chef of Cotton Culinary, knows how to cater a great party. He also knows how to feed people when they need it most: after a natural disaster strikes.
“You have to go right then and there; you have no time to think about yourself,” said Schindler of the intense nature of his job.
As part of the Global Disaster Relief and Recovery Teams at Cotton Holdings, Wade is one of the first people to arrive onsite after a disaster, quickly assessing the situation while tents are going up and making a game plan to feed a large number of people -- often in the thousands, multiple times per day.
“The kitchen never stops. It’s a lot, but we plan for it every day,” added Schindler, who finds himself in disaster areas sometimes for months at a time.
Watch the full interview with Houston Life’s Derrick Shore to learn more about how Chef Wade and his team are able to pull it off, even in the toughest of situations.
