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Melbourne chef bags 'Citizen of the Year Award' for feeding homeless in pandemic

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Daman Shrivastav with his daughter Diya. Source: Supplied by Daman Shrivastav

Chef Daman Shrivastav provided free food to homeless and international students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The city of Whittlesea (a local government area in northern Melbourne) awarded him the Citizen of the Year Award for his work on 28 October. Mr Shrivastav ran the charity work with his nine-year-old daughter Diya.


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Chef Daman Shrivastav provided free food to homeless and international students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The city of Whittlesea (a local government area in northern Melbourne) awarded him the Citizen of the Year Award for his work on 28 October. Mr Shrivastav ran the charity work with his nine-year-old daughter Diya.


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