Celebrity chef and content creator John Baldauf, along with his team, made Susanville a stop on their cross-country food mission, offering free chicken gyro bowls to more than 150 people during a Lassen Cougar baseball game at Memorial Park last Saturday.
Baldauf is on an ambitious journey to feed people from Arizona to Alaska. His mission is to travel across the country with a food trailer, visiting national parks and giving away free meals.
“We’re hitting the road with one mission: visit as many National Parks as we can with a food trailer in tow – and give away as much free food as we can to fellow travelers along the way,” Baldauf said earlier this year.
Baldauf chronicled the Susanville event in the latest video posted on his YouTube channel.
The traveling chef’s food-based journey began in Phoenix, Arizona, with a stop at the Petrified Forest. The team has since traveled through Utah, visiting Canyonlands and Zion and explored California’s Yosemite and Redwood National and State Parks.
After Susanville they will journey through Oregon to see Crater Lake and Mount Hood, before reaching the lush wilderness of Olympic National Park in Washington.
From there, the team will continue on to Glacier National Park and then Yellowstone, before heading through Canada on their way to their final destination: Denali National Park in Alaska.
Click here and head over to Bauldauf’s website.
Baldauf and his team are funding the trip entirely themselves and are accepting donations to help cover costs. “If you’d like to support us, donations are deeply appreciated,” he said.
Here is a link to his PayPal page.
“Every cent goes directly to the food we give away, gas, propane, and essential travel expenses. We’re funding this trip entirely ourselves, and with your help more bellies can be filled along the way. Thank You!”
Connect with Baldauf @chefjohnak on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.
