Chef Classes Offer Hope to Low-Skilled Workers
November 28, 2006 | Read Time: 1 minute
The Greater Chicago Food Depository has started a chef-training program called Community Kitchens, to help poor people get jobs and, the organization hopes, to end hunger, reports The Wall Street Journal.
Some 30 chef-training classes were held last year by food banks across the country affiliated with America’s Second Harvest, a national network of food banks. Second Harvest estimates the cost per student averages about $4,000; the money for the classes was provided by corporations, foundations, and individuals.
Last year’s classes trained 775 students, and about 70 percent of them had a job within one month, according to Second Harvest.
However, the article noted, about one-quarter of the students who enroll in the classes don’t complete the program, and many can’t maintain their attendance.
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