Generous donation of commercial kitchen boosts Baton Rouge man’s efforts to fill community fridges [Video]

BATON ROUGE – A man who prepares meals for the community fridge in a small makeshift kitchen is now cooking in a more formal setting after a generous donation from a local business.

The last time WBRZ spoke with Britt Parnell was in October. He was filling the Baton Rouge community fridge every Sunday with homemade meals that he made on a portable stove top.

“Right now, I’m cooking in my living room on an induction burner because our kitchen doesn’t have any counters,” Parnell said.

Now he’s cooking Thanksgiving dinner for the community in a professional kitchen.

That kitchen was donated by Counterspace, a bakery on Government Street. They’re closed on Sundays and when owner Sarah Joy Hays saw Parnell’s TikToks, she invited him into their kitchen.

“We’ve done give back days where we helped fund people who were making meals for the refrigerators and when I saw that and realized the trend was on Sunday and …