Kitchen Ready Showcase Dinner a great success!

Chef Amir _ Jillian plate vegetable terrine.

Thank you to everyone who turned out for our Cycle 22 Showcase Dinner on Friday, April 5! For their Tier I final exam, the five students of Kitchen Ready Cycle 22 prepared five courses of French dishes, including French onion soup, beet and goat cheese salad, vegetable terrine, coq au vin, and pan-seared fish. They finished off the meal by torching lavender crème brûlée for dessert. The house was packed for both seatings, with guests overflowing to our picnic tables. Click here to view a gallery of photos from the evening. 

Save the date for our Tier II Showcase Dinner on Friday, May 31!
We're recruiting for Kitchen Ready! 
Attend a Job Training Program Information Session this Wednesday, April 17

GO students and graduates

Are you interested in joining GO's Kitchen Ready culinary job training program? Our next training cycle begins June 10, but the time to apply is now!

Join GO staff this Wednesday, April 17th at 3:30 for a Training Program Information Session.  The Info Session will be held in the Arthur R. Edington Education & Career Center Training Room (ML08), located at 133 Livingston Street in Asheville. 

Can't make it to an Info Session? Fill out a short online questionnaire  and a  member of our recruitment staff will reach out to you within one-two weeks. 
Construction is underway on the first YouthBuild house built in Asheville!

YouthBuild students on construction site
GO YouthBuild students and staff review plans for the house they are constructing on Gaston Street in partnership with the Asheville Housing Authority and Deltec Homes.

In February, GO's YouthBuild students began work on a new duplex home being built by the Asheville Housing Authority. They're completing the interior framing, drywall installation, and painting. Constructing or renovating affordable housing for people with low incomes is a key component of the YouthBuild training model. It's great to see our students putting their construction skills to work for a worthy cause in our Southside neighborhood. This two-unit home is the first of three planned for the Gaston Street site. 
Introducing a new menu at GO Cafe!

Guests dining at GO Cafe

With so much happening in our training kitchen in the Edington Center, you may have forgotten that we opened a new cafe last year in South Asheville. GO Cafe is located inside the Givens Gerber Park retirement community, but we're also open to the public for breakfast and lunch, Monday through Friday. 

Our Cafe team (which includes 4 Kitchen Ready graduates!) launched a new menu this spring. They would love to have you join them for your next breakfast meeting or working lunch. View GO Cafe's location and hours and new menu here. 

Also, this Thursday, April 18 from 11:30 to 1:30 our chefs will offer a Spring Holiday Luncheon Menu featuring apricot glazed ham, ambrosia, asparagus, scalloped potatoes, deviled eggs, and coconut cake. We hope you'll join us!
Save the Date for GO's Legacy Builders Breakfast on May 21st

Save the Date for Legacy Builders Breakfast

Join Green Opportunities' for its first L egacy Builders Fundraising Breakfast  on Tuesday, May 21 from 8:00-9:30 am at the First Baptist Church of Asheville. GO will celebrate ten years of helping displaced workers acquire jobs and social justice in Buncombe County. Hot breakfast will be served as students, alumni and friends share how GO has helped them transition into the workforce. Breakfast is free, but you will be asked to consider making a generous contribution. There is no maximum or minimum amount to offer. Read more...
Accepting students for GO/A-B Tech GED Classes

Interested in earning your High School Equivalency? Sign up with  Green Opportunities and get ready for the GED exam! 

Here are the requirements:
- Be a Buncombe County resident
- Be 16-24 years old
- Be available on Thursdays & Fridays from 9:00am - 1:00pm
- Have a willingness & motivation to learn!

Ready to learn more & enroll? Call Jeremy at (828) 398-4158 x107 or email [email protected] to sign up!
GO Kitchen Ready featured on Carolina Kitchen

Carolina Kitchen studio

In case you missed it, Chef Craig, who heads up the team at GO Cafe, made his WLOS Carolina Kitchen debut on Sunday. He shared a recipe for cucumber melon gazpacho with mint creme fraiche, just in time for this beautiful spring weather. Watch the demo and find the recipe here. 
GO Lunch & Learn Tours:  Lunch & Learn Tours  are available to individuals and groups who would like to come out and learn about Green Opportunities while enjoying lunch prepared by students in our culinary training program.  These tours can be scheduled Monday through Thursday from 11:30am-1pm.  Lunch costs $5 and includes an entree, beverage and dessert.  Contact Heavenly Jackson, Development Director, to schedule a personal or group guided tour at (828) 398-4158 x109 or [email protected]. 
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