Recipe for Success – Culinary Job Training Program

This 8-week program, offered by the New Hampshire Food Bank, is for individuals seeking employment or to improve their skills in the food service or hospitality industries. There is no cost to the student for this program and stipends are provided after the completion of week three.

Classes take place Monday through Friday from 8am – 3pm at the New Hampshire Food Bank in Manchester, NH. *Don’t wait to apply! Classes start every Monday!

**At this time, New Hampshire Food Bank is not accepting new applications for our culinary job training program. Please stay tuned for exciting program updates in the new year!**

Our Training

We instruct our trainees in a broad range of efficient kitchen practices and fundamentals including:

  • identification of food and ingredients
  • use of kitchen implements and equipment
  • measurements
  • nutrition
  • knife skills
  • preparation techniques
  • safe food handling (as part of the National Restaurant Association’s ServSafe Program)
  • cleaning and sanitation

By conducting catering events, our students also gain experience with serving and meal presentation. Teamwork is also an important component of the training; participants learn how to work together, divide tasks among themselves, manage conflicts, and behave professionally. Additionally, we provide training on: basic financial skills, resume writing, and interview techniques.

A typical day of training

While few days are exactly the same in this active, constantly changing environment, the majority of the training time consists of hands-on experience in the kitchen preparing meals for the registered agencies of the Food Bank. This course provides at least 500-600 meals per day for the Boys & Girls Clubs of the surrounding areas, and produces meals in bulk to be frozen for use by our other registered agencies.

 

Spotlight on our Recipe for Success Culinary Job Training Program

NH Food Bank’s Recipe for Success Culinary Job Training Program is Quality Assurance Guaranteed by the American Culinary Federation Education Foundation.

News, graduate profiles and more:

placeholder

Recipe for Success Culinary Job Training: A Profile on 2022 Graduate – Alyssa

Alyssa’s relationship with the NH Food Bank started nearly two years before she first set foot in our kitchen as [...]

Read more
NH Food Bank News

NH Food Bank Receives Accreditation from the American Culinary Federation Education Foundation 

Largest professional culinary organization in North America awards NH Food Bank for its culinary job training program Manchester, N.H. – [...]

Read more