How a Brovary restaurateur feeds a brigade of hundreds of soldiers every day

Volodymyr Shulyak opened dozens of restaurants around the world, and with the beginning of a full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine, he went to the front. He characterizes his work as follows: "It is something between a sculptor, an artist, a poet and a doctor. My weapons are a ladle and a knife".

Brovary restaurant feeds hundreds of soldiers every day

Volodymyr Shulyak launched dozens of restaurants around the world. And with the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, he went to the front to become a chef for the fighters of the 47th separate mechanized brigade "Magura". Now Volodymyr, with the call sign Chief, considers his job the best in the world.

In a new video published by the "Ukrainian Witness" project, Volodymyr said that he has twenty-five years of experience in the catering industry. He started his work in the O'Briens pub in Kyiv, and now he has dozens of restaurants in different parts of the world - in London, Vienna, Los Angeles, New York, UAE.

Currently, Volodymyr Shulyak is feeding hundreds of fighters on the front lines

The man characterizes his work as follows: "It is something between a sculptor, an artist, a poet...and a doctor. And my weapons are a ladle and a knife."

I wake up in the morning and feed people. I may not even know what the date and time are now. The pace of work is high, sometimes 4-5 hours are left for sleep. I wasn't tired, but I had fun... But in general, I feel energetic and cheerful.

On the first day of the war, Volodymyr was called by the mayor of Brovary and asked to feed 500 people. It turned out that during the next two months, the Chief, together with two cooks, fed the entire brigade. For this, Volodymyr was awarded the "For Merit to the City" award of the Brovary City Council.

"My task is to get up in the morning and feed the boys. Sometimes I don't know what day it is, but I know exactly what time it is, because at 6:30, 1:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. I have to stand and feed the soldiers," Volodymyr says.