Your Culinary Career Starts Here!
Taste Project’s Culinary Job Training Programs are designed with YOU in mind. We provide the critical training you need to get a living wage, highly-skilled position within the foodservice industry segment that is expanding. We focus on hands-on work experience in real-world environments located right here in your community; which is why our apprentices are in-demand.
Our unique program concludes with our Showcase Dinner; a final exam where apprentices develop, plan, prepare, and present their menu to local employers looking to hire YOU! Employers include Dickies Arena, Fixture Kitchen and Social Lounge, Marriott Downtown, Sage Dining Services, Stonehouse Fine Dining, Texas Health Resources, the Worthington Hotel (Toro Toro Latin Steakhouse), and many others. Most of our Apprentices receive multiple job offers on-the-spot.
In addition, many of our Apprentices have gone on to our tuition-free two-year certified Sous Chef apprenticeship program where they can further develop their culinary and leadership skills in preparation for advanced careers in foodservice.
Get started now in a program based right here in your community!
- CFC Pre-Apprenticeship Program
- Fort Worx Job Training Program
- Sous Chef Apprenticeship Program
- Apply Now
Our 6-month Certified Fundamental Cook Pre-Apprenticeship program is designed specifically for 18-24 year olds. It combines hands-on work experience on-site at Taste Community Restaurant, with one-on-one coaching and faith-based discipleship.
Apprentices spend 40 hours per week at Taste Community Restaurant: 32 hours preparing breakfast, lunch, and brunch for our guests each day, and 8 hours instruction from the Culinary School of Fort Worth.
- 6-month American Culinary Federation Certified Program.
- 1,000 hours paid work experience.
- Department of Labor (DOL) apprenticeship designation.
- Job placement support.
- No previous foodservice or work experience required.
Apply by September 30th, 2022 and receive a Henckel’s Classic 3 Piece Starter Knife Set and Chef Roll to jump start your culinary career!*
*Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County eligibility required. All federal, state, and local laws apply. Void where prohibited.
Fort Worx Foodservice Job Training Program is a collaboration between Taste Project, the Tarrant Area Food Bank, and the Culinary School of Fort Worth.
Apprentices spend 8 weeks at Tarrant Area Food Bank in the Mission Kitchen at the Tarrant Area Food Bank preparing thousands of ready-to-eat meals. Followed by 8 weeks learning the fundamentals of food preparation hands-on in a working full-service restaurant at Taste Community Restaurant.
- Accelerated 16-week American Culinary Federation Certified Program.
- 500 hours paid work experience.
- Job placement support.
- No previous foodservice or work experience required.
Our 2-year Certified Sous Chef Apprenticeship program is designed for CFC graduates with demonstrated leadership capabilities. It combines hands-on work experience on-site at Taste Community Restaurant, with leadership practice and development.
Apprentices spend 40 hours per week at Taste Community Restaurant leading pre-apprentices and volunteers in the preparation of breakfast, lunch, and brunch for our guests each day. In addition, our Apprentices spend 8 hours each week learning through the Culinary School of Fort Worth.
- 2-year American Culinary Federation Certified Program.
- 4,000 hours paid work experience.
- Department of Labor (DOL) apprenticeship designation.
- Guaranteed job placement.
- Previous graduation from one of our programs as an ACF Certified Fundamental Cook is required.
Our Program Sponsors:
We could not change the lives of the people we serve without the support from our sponsors. To learn more about program sponsorship, contact us!
