A team led by chef José Andrés provided 11,400 meals on Wednesday as part of their efforts to aid furloughed federal workers during the ongoing government shutdown.

Andrés, the restaurateur and humanitarian whose nonprofit World Central Kitchen has fed millions during natural disasters, started the #ChefsForFeds effort earlier this month.

“11,400 hot meals were served today to our incredible unpaid federal workforce!” World Central Kitchen tweeted Wednesday night. “We will see you tomorrow, but hopefully not much longer.”

The line still stretched around the block tonight at the #ChefsForFeds kitchen — 11,400 hot meals were served today to our incredible unpaid federal workforce! We will see you tomorrow, but hopefully not much longer. pic.twitter.com/3oMqR2UDpA — WorldCentralKitchen (@WCKitchen) January 23, 2019

Last week, the effort served about 12,000 meals over two days, but has since expanded to other cities.

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A spokeswoman for World Central Kitchen told The Hill that since opening last Wednesday, the effort has served more than 38,000 meals. They have also opened a resource center to provide groceries, pet food and other expense-related help to workers.

As of Thursday, the team has set up 11 pop-up kitchens in Washington, D.C., to feed federal employees and their families, and is working with partner restaurants and food trucks to bring the effort to 17 other states and Puerto Rico.

"Today we face another type of disaster in the United States. More than 800,000 federal workers are without a job. Many millions of Americans are gonna go through hard times," Andrés said in a video posted to Twitter. "We believe that no person should have to go through the pain of not knowing what to feed their children."

BIG news! In the next 48 hours #ChefsForFeds restaurants and food trucks are activating across the nation!! pic.twitter.com/AxVUGeUFex — José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) January 22, 2019

Some lawmakers have supported Andrés’s efforts as well. CNN reported Thursday that Rep. Joe Kennedy Joseph (Joe) Patrick KennedyMassachusetts town clerk resigns after delays to primary vote count Bogeymen of the far left deserve a place in any Biden administration Hillicon Valley: Election officials prepare for new Russian interference battle | 'Markeyverse' of online fans helps take down a Kennedy | GOP senators unveil bill to update tech liability protections MORE III (D-Mass.) and Rep. Will Hurd William Ballard HurdHillicon Valley: Oracle confirms deal with TikTok to be 'trusted technology provider' | QAnon spreads across globe, shadowing COVID-19 | VA hit by data breach impacting 46,000 veterans House approves bill to secure internet-connected federal devices against cyber threats House Democrats' campaign arm reserves .6M in ads in competitive districts MORE (R-Texas) joined him Wednesday in feeding workers.

Andrés, a frequent critic of President Trump Donald John TrumpObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE, originally offered free lunch at his restaurants to furloughed workers. The shutdown has now gone on for more than a month.

Updated at 2:35 p.m.