Everyone Belongs At The Table.
Everyone Belongs At The Table.
Nourish & Flourish Kitchen
Prepare for work in the food industry with Nourish & Flourish Kitchen. Designed to build confidence and independence, the curriculum-based program ensures student success through hands-on training alongside professional chefs.
- 16-week program, 3 cohorts per year
- Cohorts limited to six students
- Located in downtown Portland
- No cost to students who qualify
More details here .
For application information please contact Cedar Independence using the contact form below.
Nourish & Flourish Kitchen is a program of Germaine's Culinary Inc. and Cedar Independence.
Nourish and Flourish Kitchen empowers people experiencing IDD to achieve self-reliance through careers in the food service industry. Through the hot meals program, Nourish & Flourish helps relieve hunger for those in need.
This short video captures the pilot program in action. Many thanks to the Chiles Foundation for its support!
Spring Internship Student Puts His Skills
To Work At Curry Pizza House
Congratulations to Noel on taking the next step toward employment!
After completing the Spring Internship, Noel landed a Community Based Work Assessment at Curry Pizza House in Hillsboro.
His mom Josephine reports: “I am immensely grateful for the Internship program which has trained him to work in a commercial kitchen. . . . His experience with Chef Su will definitely help him at this job site.”