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Twin Cities’ chef Brian Ingram offers help in Turkey
Twin Cities chef and restaurateur Brian Ingram of Purpose Restaurants headed to Turkey to help following a devastating earthquake. He checks in with the FOX 9 Good Day crew to offer updates.
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (FOX 9) - Following a 7.8 earthquake and subsequent aftershocks that devastated Turkey and Syria, killing thousands in the process, Twin Cities chef and restaurateur Brian Ingram of Purpose Restaurants headed to Turkey to help.
Currently in Turkey about 60 miles from the Syrian border, Ingram contacted FOX 9’s Good Day via Zoom to check in with the crew and offer relief effort updates.
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Minnesota chef in Turkey to help with earthquake relief
Following a 7.8 earthquake and subsequent aftershocks that devastated Turkey and Syria, killing thousands in the process, Twin Cities chef and restaurateur Brian Ingram of Purpose Restaurants headed to Turkey to help.
For days, his crew has shopped for stoves and supplies to cook food for those in need.
"As a group we’re doing such amazing things here," Ingram told FOX 9, while noting they’re currently using a church as a headquarters and a "gutted" Enterprise van for transportation.
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Twin Cities Chef Brian Ingram headed to Turkey to help with earthquake relief
Twin Cities chef and restaurateur Brian Ingram is headed to Turkey to help after a 7.8 earthquake and subsequent aftershocks devastated Turkey and Syria, killing thousands. On FOX 9 Good Day Friday morning, Ingram said he's getting on a plane in a few hours to Turkey to help with earthquake relief, noting he has a partnership with the Gospel Culture Cafe in Turkey. "If I can go over there in the summer and walk in chai fields, then I damn sure should get over there when they really need it," Ingram said.
Ingram has previously partnered with the Gospel Culture Cafe in Turkey. He traveled to a few years ago to help open the cafe.
Purpose Restaurants includes Hope Breakfast Bar in St. Paul and St. Louis Park, The Gnome Craft Pub in St. Paul, and The Apostle Supper Club in St. Paul and Duluth.
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Super Bowl snack ideas from Chef Brian Ingram
Chef Brian Ingram of Purpose Restaurants, a restaurant group in the Twin Cities, joined FOX 9 Good Day to share some great Super Bowl snack ideas. Ingram will also be traveling to Turkey to help survivors after the earthquake devastated the country.