About Silver Fork
Silver Fork is a 9-week culinary arts and job readiness program hosted by the Center on Halsted. It is ideal for adults who want to enter or re-enter the hospitality industry and experience a fresh outlook on their career potential. Participants experience nine to twelve weeks of intensive culinary training coupled with Front of the House training, personal and professional development, job readiness, and career counseling.
What you will learn
Chef Cindy
Teaching the Chef qualification examination
The kitchen curriculum includes knife skills, mother sauces, cooking techniques, food safety, understanding how to season and taste food, and tips and strategies for working in professional kitchens. The job readiness curriculum includes soft skills such as cultural competence, conflict resolution, time management, and tips and strategies for seeking employment. The sanitation curriculum offers the opportunity to receive your Food Service Sanitation Managers Certification, and BASSET certificate.
Why Silverfork
Why choose Silver Fork?
Participants choose Silver Fork as an alternative to costly culinary degree programs because:
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FREE
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Short term (9 – 12 weeks)
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Students receive a $200 stipend upon completion of the first 30 days of eligible work and fill out appropriate paperwork
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Dedicated to the dignity of all expressions of human identities
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Background friendly and welcoming to those in reentry
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Part of Center on Halsted and has prioritized access to Center facilities and resources
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Understanding of real-life concerns such as housing challenges, recovery issues, and barriers to education and training
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Multicultural and intergenerational
Chef Kyle
Showing how to use knives
