All the ingredients for a successful future
here at the Los Angeles LGBT Center.
I'm Eddie Robinson and this is WeHoTV News!
Hungry for more opportunity in the culinary
arts?
In association with Cedars Sinai and the West
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, the City of
West Hollywood has partnered with the Los
Angeles LGBT Center to support the innovative,
new culinary arts program at the Center's
Anita May Rosenstein Campus.
The culinary arts program is a 300 hour, 12
week training program here at The Center.
So they spend the first four weeks with us
learning all of the basic skills that the
students need to be successful in a commercial
kitchen.
Then, they move on to the second module where
they actual practice those skills and make
meals for members of The Center, they make
about 450 meals a day.
And then in the third module, for the final
four weeks, we place them in local businesses
from restaurants to hotels where they get
hands on, industry experience.
So that as soon as they're ready to enter
the job market full time, they already have
something on their resume.
A lot of confidence.
So you see the difference between when the
first day they're with me, and then they go
out into the industry and they come back and
graduate, it's like they've grown up.
But just even the way they carry themselves,
they have more confidence because they're
like "I can do that."
Describe to us what we're looking at here,
this beautiful plate.
So it's Tuscan Chicken with white beans and
kale, and then we have a multi-grain medley
that has quinoa and barley, and then we have
an Apple Waldorf Salad.
So we will be serving it to all of the youth
and the seniors as well and then the residents
at Triangle Square.
And so what we're so excited about at the
LGBT Center is that we take their passion
for food and we use that to rebuild their
self-esteem, to rebuild their feeling of self-worth,
and to show them that they have value.
What I love most about the program is feeding
unprivileged kids, seniors who can't afford
it.
They were offering a free culinary arts program,
so I came to the seminar and listened to what
they had to say and fell in love with it!
We are doing something that makes a difference
and that matters in the world, and that's
just a great feeling.
I feel like I could still do it for another
twenty years.
Go to weho.org for more programs in the City
of West Hollywood to help you perfect your
recipe for success.
I'm Eddie Robinson, WeHoTV News.
