Burger King chef who never missed work in 27 years buys house after viral fundraiser TikTok: thekeep777 \/ GoFundMe: Kevin 27 years BKA Burger King chef who never missed a day of work in 27 years has bought his own house thanks to donations after going viral on TikTok. Kevin Ford, a chef for Burger King, went viral on TikTok after sharing the gifts he had received for working 27 years without missing a day. For all his hard work, Ford received a movie ticket, a Starbucks cup, a bag of Reese\u2019s Pieces, two packs of Life Savers, two pens, a lanyard, and two keychains \u2014 leaving viewers shocked by the measly reward. With the video capturing the hearts of thousands, Ford\u2019s daughter decided to launch a GoFundMe campaign. Now, thanks to donations, Ford was able to buy his own house. With countless donations, Ford\u2019s GoFundMe \u201cshattered\u201d its original goal and made an impressive $447,054 at the time of this writing. Those funds were then used by Ford to buy his own house, an achievement dubbed by him and his family as a \u201cChristmas miracle\u201d. Ford has since showed off his new purchase via TikTok, sharing with fans what was made possible thanks to their generosity. \u201cI wanted to show you something, something that you made possible,\u201d Ford told his TikTok followers before giving a tour of the house. \u201cI know it\u2019s not a mansion, but it\u2019s mine.\u201d \u201cI just want to thank everybody for being a part of this miracle and for everything you\u2019ve done for me and you continue to do for me every day,\u201d Ford said. Fans rushed to the comments to congratulate Ford on his house, one person writing, \u201cWow! [Congratulations] on YOUR beautiful new home. Hard work does pay off! I\u2019m so very happy for you.\u201d \u201cBecause you worked hard, and apparently are a wonderful, dependable person, who people felt deserved it! I am proud of you and yours!\u201d another said. Be sure to check out all the latest entertainment news on our page here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Burger King chef who never missed work in 27 years buys house after viral fundraiser TikTok: thekeep777 \/ GoFundMe: Kevin 27 years BKA Burger King chef who never missed a day of work in 27 years has bought his own house thanks to donations after going viral on TikTok. Kevin Ford, a chef for Burger […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}