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Fast Track Training – Virtual Culinary Training

Fast Track Training: Culinary Training that Launches Careers

Supported By The Snapchef Foundation

The Snapchef Foundation, a nonprofit 501(c3) organization, believes that everyone deserves the opportunity to build a fulfilling culinary career. It provides aspiring professionals with tuition-free or subsidized training, mentorship, and job placement services.

Knife Skills & Life Skills = A Better Future

New to the foodservice industry? No problem. Our one-week, FastTrack Culinary Training program is a proven model to jumpstart your culinary career. The best part? You’ll earn while you learn; we build your work schedule around your training time.

In just 20 hours, you’ll gain all the skills you need to begin work in a commercial kitchen. You’ll learn basic food and kitchen safety, how to handle and maintain a knife, how to identify kitchen equipment and ingredients, dry and moist heat cooking methods, and much more. Most training is done virtually, along with an optional (live) Q&A with a professional chef. Qualified applicants will receive the training for free (or at a reduced fee), along with a starter kit that includes a uniform and accessories.

Ready to Get Started? It’s as Easy as 1, 2, 3!

Step 1

APLICAR

Step 1: Apply

Meet with your local office and they will assist you with applying directly through our Aplicación SNAP.

Step 2

Train

Step 2: Train

If training is needed after your assessment,  you’ll be enrolled in a snap! Training is provided through The Snapchef Foundation.

Step 3

Work

Step 3: Work

You are ready to start going out on location- Bring a great ATTITUDE & always come PREPARED. Bring the best version of YOU and the sky’s the limit!

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Our Inspiration: The John Standard Story

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John Standard was a Black inventor. Born in 1868 in Newark, New Jersey, there is not much known about his early life other than that he was born to Mary and Joseph Standard.  Standard helped revolutionize the modern kitchen and was granted intellectual property rights to two patents throughout his lifetime. Standard's improvements to kitchen appliances lead to more innovations in both refrigerator and stove designs that would forever change the way people around the world stored and cooked their food. Throughout his career, Standard defied the racial norms of the time by exploring scientific research into cooling devices and stove constructions, a pursuit that [...]

Nuestra inspiración: la historia de Zephyr Wright

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Zephyr Wright, nacido en Texas en 1915, fue el chef personal del presidente Lyndon B. Johnson. Hizo especialidades como pollo frito, picadillo, pastel de durazno y popovers, y los ayudó a convertir rápidamente a la Casa Blanca en una invitación codiciada en la escena de las cenas en Washington, DC. Wright estaba a cargo de la cocina casera de los Johnson en la cocina de la Casa Blanca. Incluso preparó muchas comidas, incluidas las VIP, entre los mandatos de dos chefs ejecutivos de la Casa Blanca. La influencia de Wright se extendió más allá de la cocina de la Casa Blanca. Cuando LBJ estaba en el Congreso, los Johnson hacían el viaje desde Washington, DC hasta [...]

Consejos para cocinas con poco personal

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La forma en que se estructuran las operaciones de servicio de alimentos para que funcionen para su personal influirá directamente en la moral del lugar de trabajo, la retención y la capacidad de hacer crecer el negocio a través de sus contribuciones. Las disciplinas comerciales sólidas también resonarán en las relaciones con los proveedores y dentro de la comunidad, ya que su opinión sobre su empresa moldeará la de los demás. Los empleados tienen la expectativa de que la mentalidad y el desempeño de la empresa coincidan con su percepción de la imagen y la marca de la empresa. Siempre que su empresa experimente desafíos, incluya a sus empleados en el proceso de solución. 5 Evaluaciones del lugar de trabajo de los empleados: pago equitativo y oportunidades: demuestre equidad e invierta en el crecimiento de los empleados. Respeto: De arriba hacia abajo [...]

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