As a participant in Future Chefs you'll start in our Future Chefs Prepares program. Here you'll explore culinary arts and careers in a short-term, 7 session after school program. In FC Delivers as a junior and senior in High school you'll begin paid work, build your culinary and essential skills, and develop your plan for after High School. By the time you enter FC Sustains, you'll be putting your plan for after high school into action as the Future Chefs staff guides you during the transition to life and work. 

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Who is a Future Chefs candidate? 

A Future Chefs candidate is: 

— Interested in culinary arts and sees it as a potential career path
— Engaged by hands-on learning and being physically active on the job
— In need of support developing a plan after high school
— Energetic and interested in trying new things

What happens after the program?

Following the FC Prepares and FC Delivers program, you’ll move into the Future Chefs Sustains program during your transition into work, school, and additional training with the help of our Future Chefs staff. This can include gaining valuable experience through our Apprenticeship Program. Following the successful completion of this phase, you become a part of the Future Chefs Alumuni Network, where your hard work and motivation to succeed is realized as you pursue your first professional job and become a peer leader to younger Future Chefs.

Am I eligible to apply?

In the Future Chefs Prepares program, we offer after-school programming beginning in sophomore year of high school and accept Boston resident students. You must be currently enrolled in high school or actively engaged in a GED program.