Chef John Meyer and volunteers serve over a thousand hot meals to flood victims in Comfort.
DALLAS — When floodwaters devastated parts of Comfort, longtime chef John Meyer traded his planned beach vacation for something much bigger: serving hundreds of hot meals to those in need.
Meyer, owner of The Best Little Food House in Texas, had planned to take time off in Rockport after catering an event in Austin. But when the event was canceled due to rain over the Fourth of July weekend, he found himself with a truck full of food—and a feeling he couldn’t shake.
“I said to my wife… let’s pray about it… and the Lord put in my heart to come over here and start feeding people with it,” Meyer said.
Since then, Meyer has parked his food truck in Comfort, where he and a growing group of volunteers have served more than 800 meals—and they’re just getting started.
“We’re hoping to do at least a thousand meals today,” Meyer said. “We’re gonna keep going until the light turns off.”
It’s a dramatic turn for Meyer, who once cooked for NFL stars and catered Super Bowls as the Dallas Cowboys’ chef. But he says none of that compares to what he’s doing now.
“I’ve done everything from Super Bowls to Olympics… but nothing fills my heart like giving people free food,” he said. “Just using my God-given talent to bring the community together.”
And he’s not doing it alone. Volunteers from across the state—and even from out of state—have joined in, bringing breakfast, supplies and extra hands to help families recovering from the flooding.
“This is a perfect example of when the body of Christ comes together… brothers and sisters in Christ coming together to do God’s work,” Meyer said.
One of those volunteers, Marcus Breaux with Soldiers of Christ Ministries, said the need is urgent—and ongoing.
“To the first responders… we’re praying for you,” Breaux said. “We lift you up, and thank you for rushing in when people are rushing out.”
As long as there’s food to give and people to serve, Meyer says the truck won’t stop running.
“It’s not about us,” he said. “It’s about the community.”