CULINARY SCHOOL RECRUITING STUDENTS FOR UPCOMING SESSION
New Training Session Begins September 12, 2016 for Job Training Program
New Milford, CT September 12, 2016 – Building upon a solid record of success in training adults age 18 and older for jobs in food service, the Community Culinary School of Northwestern CT is recruiting students for its new session, slated to begin September 12, 2016.
“If you love to cook and are interested in an exciting new career opportunity, you may be a good candidate for the Community Culinary School” says Culinary School Executive Director Dawn Hammacott.
Tuition is free for qualifying candidates. The Culinary School was established in 2007 to provide unemployed and underemployed men and women with the skills they need to find jobs with career paths in the food service industry.
“The New Milford/Danbury area has more than 500 businesses that employ food service personnel,” Hammacott says. “The industry is always in need of reliable, trained employees.”
Instructed by Chef Justin Elander — a 2008 graduate of the Community Culinary School — the students learn a range of cooking techniques in a full-scale kitchen. Besides providing 12 weeks of hands-on culinary and food safety instruction, the school also arranges internships for all students, trains them in the “life skills” necessary to getting and keeping a job, and assists with job placement.
In addition to training and job placement, the culinary school provides another vital community service: The meals the students prepare are distributed to the needy through the New Milford Food Bank.
Classes will be held Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 7 Whittlesey Avenue, New Milford. Those interested in applying for or learning more about the program should contact Dawn Hammacott at 203-512-5791.
The Community Culinary School is modeled on the Community Kitchen program of the anti-hunger organization Feeding America. The Culinary School relies largely on donations and grants, and has received support from the Connecticut Community Foundation, the Harcourt Foundation, the Meserve Memorial Fund, New Milford Hospital, Danbury Hospital, Union Savings Bank, People’s United Community Foundation, Webster Bank, Diebold Foundation, Woman’s Club of Danbury/New Fairfield, and other area foundations and civic organizations.
“If you love to cook and are ready to turn your life around then enrollment in the Community Culinary School can offer you an opportunity to train for a career that will give you a chance for a better life for you and your family” says Ms. Hammacott.
