Careers Through Culinary Arts Program – Empowering underserved youth through the culinary arts

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Careers through Culinary Arts Program

A Catalyst for Change

C-CAP is a national nonprofit that connects 23,000 students annually to opportunities in the hospitality industry through hospitality and culinary education, college scholarships, and career development.

Our Impact

⁺

STUDENTS SERVED

ANNUALLY

%

OF STUDENTS HIRED

FOR A PAID INTERNSHIP

$ million

AWARDED

IN SCHOLARSHIPS

INDUSTRY

PARTNERS

CITIES AND REGIONS

ACROSS THE U.S.

Brother Luck

“Eighteen years ago I sat in a culinary high school program that changed my life.”

Brother Luck - Owner, Four by Brother Luck

Our Programs

C-CAP works with culinary teachers and their students, providing a multitude of programs and workshops that prepare students for higher education and careers in the food industry.

Alumni

C-CAP alumni go on to exciting careers and have made significant contributions to their communities. Here are just a few inspirational stories of those who are now achieving success.

Adijatu Jalloh

C-CAP New York Alumni Adijatu Jalloh is a chef at Nobu and entrepreneur –– her catering A.M.J Fusion’s ...

Brianna Cruz Rabago

Should COVID-19 discourage aspiring chefs from entering the industry? Who and what are inspiring young chefs today? Chef ...

Aaron Davis

This holiday, we’re spotlighting C-CAP Arizona Alumni Chef Aaron Davis, who just graduated with his Bachelors from the ...

Angie Kingston

Disturbed by civil unrest and the unjust killing of Black and brown people and inspired by protestors and ...

Jacob Trinh

Jacob Trinh’s first joined C-CAP when he was a junior at Delaware County Technical High School in Aston, ...

Tiffany Jhingory

Tiffany Jhingory heard about C-CAP from Jonene Ford, a teacher at Friendly High School in Fort Washington, Maryland. ...

Rachael Litwiller

Rachael Litwiller was attending vocational school when she first heard about the C-CAP competition in Arizona and applied. ...

Warren Ottey

Growing up in East New York, a residential neighborhood in the eastern section of Brooklyn with some of ...

Juliet Auld

Juliet Auld first heard about C-CAP as a Junior when she transferred to Mountain View High School in ...

Carson Moreland

Carson Moreland will graduate from the Culinary Institute of American in Hyde Park this July, holding a bachelor’s ...

Carlton McCoy

On any given day in Aspen, you’ll find Carlton McCoy delighting guests at The Little Nell with his ...

Mimi Chen

As a senior in high school in 2015, Mimi Chen had no idea what her future held or ...

Brother Luck

"C-CAP defined the meaning of opportunity and provided me with the confidence that could make me successful if ...

Lasheeda Perry

With a career spanning over eight states in the last fourteen years, pastry genius Lasheeda Perry might very ...

Amanda Rubio

Amanda Rubio joined the culinary classes at Perry High School as a junior. She recalls seeing someone come to ...

News

Beyond Cooking: The Ann B. Zekauskas Food Styling Competition for C-CAP 2024-25

November 1, 2024

C-CAP’s Southern Throwdown

August 29, 2024

Harvest Moon Feast 2024

July 1, 2024