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It’s hard to think of a business that has been hit harder by the pandemic than the restaurant industry, but a New York-based startup is bringing new life to out-of-work chefs by enabling them to work from home (WFH) in their very own kitchens. Although WoodSpoon’s beta testing predates the pandemic, founder Oren Saar told PYMNTS that things just took off last March when the company officially launched and allowed people to buy locally made meals from a roster of nearby chefs. “So, it just went boom because all of those people lost their jobs in the restaurant industry and...