Update on Our Hurricane Response

Applications for Hurricanes Helene and Milton are now closed.

Cases are processed in the order in which they were received. We are distributing weekly updates regarding processing time; please watch for emails from our team!

If you applied for assistance unrelated to these disasters, we are working as quickly as possible to process your case. Please reach out to your case manager directly or casemanagement@southernsmoke.org for any updates. Thank you for your patience during this time of unprecedented volume.

We are so grateful for the outpouring of support, and thanks to generous donors, to date we have granted $680,800 to 487 F+B workers affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton with 2,500 more being processed.

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Houston, TX /
Click Virtual Food Hall
WHERE WILL I BE COOKING:

Gabriel Medina is a Texas-born Filipino American who’s been a part of Houston’s restaurant community for over 16 years. He worked at Narisawa, a Michelin starred restaurant in Tokyo, as well as Houston’s Kata Robata & Soma Sushi, and opened Alison Cook’s 4-star rated Aqui.

He is currently the Chef/Owner of Click Virtual Food Hall, Houston’s first takeout and delivery only ghost kitchen concept that was recently awarded ‘Best Neighborhood Restaurant of the Year’ by Culturemap. At Click, Gabriel and his team create a variety of different concepts, including his biggest passion project, Filipino cuisine. He also partners with local restaurants to offer exclusive dishes on his platform.
Join him this year at Southern Smoke to experience what Texan-Filipino cuisine tastes like.