{"id":60536,"date":"2020-08-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/60536\/russell-crowe-donates-to-rebuilding-le-chef-restaurant-in-gemmayze"},"modified":"2023-08-30T04:24:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T04:24:51","slug":"russell-crowe-donates-to-rebuilding-le-chef-restaurant-in-gemmayze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/60536\/russell-crowe-donates-to-rebuilding-le-chef-restaurant-in-gemmayze\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Crowe Donates To Rebuilding Le Chef Restaurant In Gemmayze"},"content":{"rendered":"The gladiator has arrived! <br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media2.giphy.com\/media\/d7mMzaGDYkz4ZBziP6\/giphy.gif\" width=\"70%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  International movie star Russell Crowe has made a generous donation to a GoFundMe campaign that was set up to rebuild Gemmayze&#8217;s iconic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/147\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Le Chef<\/a> restaurant after it was mostly destroyed by the Beirut Port explosion. <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Someone called Russell Crowe made a very generous donation to our Le Chef fundraiser. But not sure if it&#8217;s *the* <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/russellcrowe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@russellcrowe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bhy13nm6d2\">https:\/\/t.co\/bhy13nm6d2<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Richard Hall (@_RichardHall) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_RichardHall\/status\/1293708215839055872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  The Gladiator himself stepped up and said it was indeed him, donating in memory of his pal Anthony Bourdain who had visited Le Chef on both of his visits to Beirut, describing it as \u201ca legendary spot, famed for its simple, straightforward, home-style classics.\u201d<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On behalf of Anthony Bourdain.<br>I thought that he would have probably done so if he was still around. I wish you and LeChef the best and hope things can be put back together soon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VHYCJujJ6y\">https:\/\/t.co\/VHYCJujJ6y<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/russellcrowe\/status\/1293746436761251840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Very touching! <br \/>  <br \/>  If you&#8217;d like to donate to the campaign to rebuild Le Chef, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/rebuild-le-chef\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. 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