In-Shelter Culinary Arts Class Provide Valuable Skills
Thanks to the talent, generosity and compassion of Newhouse Board Member, Jim Bogle, women in shelter at Newhouse can gain valuable culinary expertise. Jim, or "Chef" as the students refer to him, is a self-described "frustrated cook with chef skills." He has adapted the eight-week curriculum conducted at the Culinary Center of Kansas City by Chef Richard McPeake, to the needs of shelter residents.
Jim teaches residents knife skills and measurements, chopping and cooking vegetables, cooking meats, sauces, seafood and desserts, as well as simple bread making. These weekly four-hour sessions in the Newhouse kitchen require residents to work with each other in a small space, preparing them for the tough environment that can exist in a small, commercial kitchen that requires quality, speed and mutual respect. Culinary Arts graduates cook a special dinner for invited guests at the end of the eight-week session. That evening, graduates received a diploma, as well as a stipend to obtain the Missouri Food Handler's License. Pictured: Jim with a past resident. She allowed Newhouse to share her photo.
The Culinary Class is one example of programs and services offered at Newhouse to help women work toward self sufficiency.
Read more about programs offered to women so that they can become self-sufficient and transition out of shelter.
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