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Incarcerated cooks learn top notch skills as they reenter the workforce

January 2, 2020 by Aron Kumar Roy

A class of men incarcerated at San Quentin graduated from a cooking course aimed at teaching them topnotch skills for reintegration into the workforce … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Most Read, Prison Programs, Recently Posted Tagged With: Quentin Cooks

Quentin Cooks culinary program serves up big audience

July 15, 2019 by Aron Kumar Roy

Graduate Derry Brown receiving certificate from Chef Huw Thorton

A documentary filmmaker spent a year in San Quentin filming a cooking program as it progressed. He found that learning high-end culinary arts changed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Prison Programs Tagged With: Aron Roy, Quentin Cooks

Quentin Cooks gets standing ovation from 30 wardens

November 3, 2017 by Wayne Boatwright

Chef Huw Thornton helping Les Hamilton prepare Chantilly crepes

                Thirty California prison wardens joined in a rare standing ovation for an extraordinary … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: California prison wardens, cdcr, Helaine Melnitzer, Huw Thornton, Jen Humphries, Lisa Dombroski., Mike Sabella, Quentin Cooks, The Chefs Warehouse, VegiWorks Inc., Warden Ron Davis, Wardens' Conference

Quentin Cooks grads serve six-course meal

June 1, 2017 by Wayne Boatwright

Chefs-Lisa-Dombroski-and-Andrew-Martin-with-the-Graduating-call-of-Quentin-Cooks

Sixty-eight confirmed guests attended the April graduating class of the “Quentin Cooks” held in the H-Unit mess hall. The graduating class prepared … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Featured Tagged With: Allen Brothers angus, FoodSafetyCertified.org, Lisa Dombroski., Michael “Yahya” Cooke, Mike Sabella, National Restaurant Association, Project LA, Quentin Cooks, Ron Davis, The Chefs Warehouse, TRUST, Where the Chefs Shop

Tasty graduation for the first class Quentin Cooks

December 30, 2016 by Wayne Boatwright

The inaugural graduating class of “The Quentin Cooks” prepared a five-course feast as a worthy finish to the new Culinary Arts Program, a 12-week … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Prison Programs Tagged With: Allen Brothers angus, Chef Eric Hollis, Chef Lisa Dombroski, EPRD, H-Unit, Helaine Melnitzer, Jill Brown, Mike Sabells, Quentin Cooks, Ron Davis, San Quentin, ServSafe, The Chefs Warehouse, Warden Ron Davis, Where the Chefs Shop

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