History
Explore the journey of Kitchen Angels through the years and discover how we’ve grown to serve our community with compassion and care.
Artemis Turchi, Tanya Taylor, and Tony D’Agostino
1992 - Year of Firsts
Kitchen Angels was founded in 1992 by Tony D’Agostino, Anna Huserik and Aleise Sargent.
1998 - Ensuring our Future
Kitchen Angels establishes an endowment fund at the Santa Fe Community Foundation.
1999 - Weekend Meals
Kitchen Angels begins our frozen meal program, extending meal delivery to our homebound clients living outside our usual delivery area.
2000 - Seasons of Santa Fe Cookbook
Kitchen Angels becomes the Tobasco Community Cookbook Awards National Winner & Writer’s Digest National Self Published Book Award Winner.
Executive Director Tony McCarty
2001 - Coll Green Angel Depot
Kitchen Angels partners with The Food Depot and Feeding Santa Fe, Inc. to build the Coll-Green Angel Depot at 1222 Siler Road.
2003 - Piñon Awards
Kitchen Angels receives the Dr. Brian Boynahan Award for Health and Human Services at the 17th Annual Piñon Awards.
Roasted turkey breast, herbed mashed potatoes, sauteed carrots and tangerine salad
2005 - Santa Fe Futures Award
Kitchen Angels delivers 40,000 meals to more than 200 clients and receives a Santa Fe Futures Award.
2006 - Best of Santa Fe
Kitchen Angels wins First Place in the Santa Fe Reporter’s Best of Santa Fe.
2007 - 15 Years of Service
Broadway legend Bernadette Peters performs before a sold out audience at The Santa Fe Opera for a Kitchen Angels benefit gala celebrating our 15th anniversary.
2010 - Smithsonian Museum
The Smithsonian Museum of American History’s Division of Medicine and Science adds a Kitchen Angels Lavender Faire Apron to its collection related to the history of HIV/AIDS, sexuality, people with disabilities, and grass-roots community activism.
2011 - Champions for Cancer Patients Award, Local Organic Meals on a Budget and Northern New Mexico Service Providers Alliance
Kitchen Angels receives the Champions for Cancer Patients Award from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network.
Kitchen Angels offers classes in preparing organic meals on a budget and helps found the Northern New Mexico Service Providers Alliance, a group of social service agencies focused on service delivery to individuals needing help from multiple organizations.
2012 - Celebrating 20 Years of Service
Kitchen Angels celebrates 20 years of service and delivering over 725,000 meals since its founding.
Occasional Chilled Summer Entrees
Kitchen Angels Staff & Board Members at New Mexico State Legislature
2013 - Kitchen Angels Day in the New Mexico Legislature
February 1, 2013, is declared Kitchen Angels Day by the New Mexico Legislature.
2014 - Food Plan for Santa Fe
The Santa Fe City Council and the County Board of Commissioners adopts the Santa Fe Food Council’s food plan, “Planning for Santa Fe’s Food Future.”
Kitchen Angels Executive Director Tony McCarty, Commissioner Holian and Mayor Gonzales
Delivery drivers with Beth D.
2015 - One Million Meals!
Kitchen Angels volunteers Sammye Beron, Rob Higgins, Susan Gunst, Laura Holt and Greg Wells deliver our one millionth meal to client Beth D.
2016 - Kitchenality Opens
Kitchenality is founded by volunteers Sarah Taylor and Jill Markstein. Kitchenality sales support the program and help fund our endowment.
Volunteer Tamara
2020 - NM Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham Declares Kitchen Angels "An Essential Service" During Pandemic
Kitchen Angels continues service without interruption, adding COVID-related to our eligible conditions and implementing safety protocols that are still being used.
2022 - 30 Year Anniversary
Kitchen Angels celebrates with an Emmylou Harris benefit at The Santa Fe Opera.
Chicken pot pie and sauteed zucchini
2023 - Two Million Meals!
Kitchen Angels delivers two million meals, prepared and delivered by 5,000 volunteers, and feeding 8,500 clients since opening our doors in 1992.
2024 - Angels Dine Out
25th Anniversary of Angels Dine Out, featuring 46 participating restaurants.
Thank you to the many restaurants for participating over the years.
