Community Kitchen

Community Kitchen at Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf

In early 2009, the Vermont Foodbank partnered with the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf to launch Community Kitchen, a 14-week culinary job training program that prepares unemployed and underemployed men and women for sustainable careers in the food service industry. Students develop valuable life and professional skills through the program including goal establishment, résumé writing, interviewing skills, conflict management and budgeting. Upon graduation for Community Kitchen, students are “ServeSafe” certified, a recognized food service industry standard. In partnership with Sodexo Corporation, which has a national commitment to hiring Community Kitchen graduates, students intern at the Sodexho sites around Burlington, specifically with the Sodexho Campus Services at the University of Vermont.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the Walmart Foundation.

For more information, contact:
Chris Meehan, Chief of Programs and Network Services

802.477.4130

cmeehan@vtfoodbank.org

The Vermont Foodbank's prepared-food program drives the Foodbank's production kitchen.  This professionally equipped kitchen in our Barre distribution center turns donated, rescued and locally grown foods into nutritious measl for food-insecure Vermonters accessing charitable food in our communities. 

For more information, contact:

David Moyer, Food Safety & Production Coordinator/Instructor

802.477.4118

dmoyer@vtfoodbank.org

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