Due to the crisis of the emerging Corona Virus (Covid-19), according to the famous Swiss chef, Daniel Hamm, the owner of the restaurant, the upscale Alvin Madison Park restaurant in New York has turned into a kitchen to cook soups and provide meals for those in need.

The chef said that his restaurant, which holds a Michelin star, intends, in cooperation with the Rethink charity, to cook up to 3,000 meals a day to help those in need. "The meals that we cook today are some of the most memorable moments in my career," Daniel added on Instagram.

"This city has given me everything, so I really wanted to know what I could do to return the favor," Chef said in a telephone interview with the New York Times.

The restaurant was temporarily closed after New York State banned eating in restaurants, bars and cafes, on March 17.

For his part, founder of the Reithink Association, Matt Yuzuyak, said the move to transform the upscale restaurant into a soup kitchen "relates to fairness."

He added: "Dignity is something I am afraid of being lost in this rush in order to get food ... We wanted to make sure that when we make food, it is beautiful."

He pointed out that his association intends to expand the process, expressing his hope to provide 10,000 meals a day, five days a week, in New York, by the end of this April. It is noteworthy that New York has become the epicenter of the outbreak of the new Corona virus in the United States, and according to local government data recorded more than 100,000 confirmed cases, and 3,218 deaths from the virus, as of yesterday.

3000 meals per day to help those in need.

Yuzuyak: «Dignity is something I am afraid of being lost in this rush.

Restaurant owner:

"One of the most proud moments of my life."