>>> AND NOW OUR CONTINUING
SERIES "HOPEFUL HOLIDAYS."
CHEF TIMOTHY TUCKER HAD AN IDEA.
TEACH A FULL CULINARY ARTS
PROGRAM FOR ASPIRING CHEFS
THROUGH THE SALVATION ARMY.
HMM.
AND WHEN PATRICIA HEARD ABOUT
IT, IT WAS A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS.
WATCH.
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>> MY DREAM WAS TO BE HERE AND
TO BE A SHEFR ACHEF, AND I NEVER
THOUGHT 2 WOUIT WOULD HAPPEN THE WAY
IT DID.
>> Reporter: PATRICIA WOULD
OFTEN DREAM OF ONE DAY BEING
CHEF PATRICIA.
THE WIFE ALSO CARING FOR AIR
AILING GRANDMOTHER DIDN'T HAVE
THE RESOURCES, HIGH SCHOOL
DEGREE OR EVE AN JOB TO MAKE IT
HAPPEN.
THEN SHE GOT AN E-MAIL ABOUT A
NEW FREE CULINARY PROGRAM THAT
OPENED IN HER HOME TOWN OF
DORCHESTER.
>> IMMEDIATELY I CALLED I DON'T
KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE BUT HAVE
YOU HAVING A FREE CULINARY
PROGRAM?
>> Reporter: IT WAS, IN FACT,
TRUE.
CREATED BY THE SALVE ALLEGATIATION ARMY
AND RUN BY A FIVE-STAR
RESTAURANT CHEF GIVING STUDENTS
A NEW CAREER IN THE KITCHEN.
>> I THINK WE ARE THE VEHICLE TO
HELP CHANGE LIVES.
>> Reporter: EACH TEN-WEEK
COURSE HAS 12 STUDENTS
INTERVIEWED AND HAND PICKED BY
THE CHEF AND HIS TEAM.
OVER 125 GRADUATES WITH OVER 75%
SECURING FULL-TIME JOBS WITHIN
THE FIRST MONTH OF GRADUATION.
>> WE TREAT EACH STUDENT AS AN
INDIVIDUAL AND TRY TO HELP THEM
GET TO WHEREVER THEY NEED TO GO
AND TREAT IT AS A CAREER, NOT
JUST A JOB.
>> Reporter: BY DESIGN, THE
PROGRAM DOESN'T JUST TEACH
STUDENTS HOW TO MAKE A MEAL.
LIFE COACHING IS ALSO PART OF
THE CURRICULUM.
>> THAT'S THE THING WITH THIS
PROGRAM.
IT'S TEACHING YOU HOW TO COOK,
BUT IT'S TEACHING YOU WHAT TO DO
AFTER YOU LEAVE HERE.
IT'S TEACHING YOU HOW TO SHOW UP
TO WORK ON TIME, AND PREPARING
US FOR THE WORK FIELD.
>> Reporter: PATRICIA SAYS SHE
WAS A SPONGE DURING THE COURSE
AND AFTER GRADUATION DECIDED SHE
WANTED MORE THAN JUST THE TITLE
OF CHEF.
SHE WANTED TO OWN HER OWN
BUSINESS.
>> I'M LIKE, ME?
A BUSINESS OWNOWNER?
ARE YOU KIDDING?
BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING I THOUGHT
I COULD GIVE UP ON.
AS UNBELIEVABLE IT WAS, IT WAS
BELIEVABLE AT THE SAME TIME.
I COULDN'T HELP BUT BELIEVE IT.
>> Reporter: ONE YEAR LATER IT
CAME TRUE.
CHEF PATRICIA IS OWNER OF A
RESTAURANT IN BOSTON.
>> SHE OWNS HER OWN BUSINESS.
SHE TOOK EVERYTHING SHE LEARNED,
APPLIED IT AND WENT ON AND
STARTED EMPLOYING HER STUDENTS.
>> Reporter: PAYING IT FORWARD
TOWARDS A CHANCE THAT MADE HER
DREAMS A REALITY.
>> HE'S MADE AN EVER-LASTING
IMPACT THAT WILL NOT GO AWAY,
BECAUSE NOW I'M A CHEF, AND HE
ENCOURAGED ME TO ALWAYS BE A
STUDENT, EVEN AFTER I LEFT THE
CLASS.
TO CONTINUE TO BE A STUDENT.
>> Reporter: ALWAYS LEARNING.
ALWAYS BELIEVING.
PATRICIA'S NEW RECIPE FOR
SUCCESS.
CHEF TIMOTHY TUCKER AND FELLOW
CHEF AND SALVATION ARMY CULINARY
