Chef Justin Sutherland, who is the culinary consultant at Allianz Field, had just stocked up for a Minnesota United season that isn’t happening.

He has seven restaurants that are now mostly dark.

Basically, the man has a lot of food that won’t get eaten.

So Sutherland rented a U-Haul and spent the past few days collecting every perishable bit of food from his restaurants and will give it away at a makeshift market he and his staff are setting up inside Public Kitchen + Bar (229 E. 6th St., St. Paul) in Lowertown. It wouldn’t be Sutherland if he didn’t make it fun, so the chef is also parking his food truck outside and will serve free lunch to whoever needs it. The truck will begin serving at 2 p.m. today, March 19.

The market, which will begin at 3 p.m., will consist mostly of bread and produce, and Sutherland said he has enough for “several hundred families at least” to fill a bag. He’s asking people to bring their own bags, and to comply with health department rules, only 10 people will be allowed in the market at a time. Gloves will be provided.