Our Story

After coming across a story of tech entrepreneurs donating food to hospitals around the world, Arjun Sahgal approached his friend and NYC chef Nate Kuester about getting involved. They wanted to join together the tech and food communities to give back to our local healthcare workers, our guardians.

They approached Mike Frank, working in the marketing/journalism spaces, Drew Dengler and Connor Benoit, who both work in finance, and Rachael Calmas, a social media strategist in the hospitality industry. Together, they decided to create Grub for Guardians, an initiative focused on providing free meals to medical employees around the five boroughs. Now, we need your help. 

Our Team

Nate Kuester is the Co-Founder/Chef at No Ceilings, working as a chef for 7 years in NYC. 

Rachael Calmas is a communications and social media strategist, currently an Account Manager at First Press Public Relations, where she works with brands such as Breville and culinary projects, such as the Basque Culinary World Prize.

Drew Dengler works at Citi, managing budgets in the cybersecurity department. He’s been active in the financial space for 5 years.

Connor Benoit also works at Citi, working with municipalities in the Public Finance Investment Banking Department.  He’s been active in the financial space for 5 years.

Arjun Sahgal and Mike Frank work for NYU Tandon's Future Labs, supporting the local tech ecosystem. We aid Future Labs in supporting local startups and businesses.

Our Mission

Our hope is that we can create a positive impact on our healthcare workers, the heroes of New York City’s five boroughs. Support our frontline healthcare workers with a free meal from NYC’s Chef community.

Our mission is to connect New Yorkers from different communities to provide an easy, yet impactful service to those in our neighborhoods who are fighting Covid-19 on the frontlines.