July Programs Updates: Students Work Hard This Summer

Students in Kitchen

C-CAP Chicago Students Are Getting Real Life Experience

Our Yes Chef Virtual Summer Camp with Kendall College Trust is designed to broaden students’ horizons in culinary, culture and community. We also have an internship program where students go to different locations in Chicago to intern for six weeks. The students will be gaining real-life work skills and experience in a professional kitchen.

C-CAP LA Students from Job Training to Internships

We are placing our job training students into their internships: Executive chef of Superba Food + Bread and alumni, Rigo Salas, has taken students as interns, and the students will work on the weekends once school starts.

C-CAP New York Students are Gearing up for Internships

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Students in Kitchen

C-CAP recently held our summer job training program. Nineteen students worked with C-CAP staff at the Institute of Culinary Education and in virtual sessions to prepare for summer internships. As part of Job Training we offered a tour of the Union Square Green Market where students learned about different produce and products, spoke to vendors about farming and selecting the best product for restaurants, and completed a scavenger hunt for ingredients. We then purchased ingredients and went to the kitchen at The Door to cook for the afternoon and wrap up Job Training. New York is also supporting NYC DOE’s culinary Summer Enrichment Program to help students who did not have in-person classes last year. We visited Academy of Hospitality and Tourism for a knife skills and knife sharpening demo and workshop.

C-CAP Arizona Students are Learning the Art of Pastry

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Seven students started a summer job program at Nobel Bakery in Phoenix. Three students were offered jobs as a result including Andrew Crecelius-Phelps, one of the 2021 top 10 juniors from Barry Goldwater high school.

C-CAP DC Students Continue Getting Job Placements

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This group of recent high school graduates recently completed summer job training to enter the industry. They will be working in restaurants across the region, including the Eatwelldc Group.