Culinary Skills Training Program
F a l l 2 0 1 4 I V a n c o u v e r F o u n d a t i o n l p a g e 9
A new café has popped up in downtown Vancouver, serving up hot entrees, sandwiches,
soups and salads to a busy lunch crowd. While ordinarily this wouldn't be news, Café 335 is different:
the affordable social enterprise eatery is staffed by graduates of the Culinary Skills Training Program,
a collaboration between Coast Mental Health and Vancouver Community College (VCC). And the
café, located at 335 West Pender Street in a retail storefront at Pacific Coast Apartments, stands as a
tangible mark of the program's success.
A brand-new culinary training program is
giving at-risk youth the skills, experience
and confidence to transition back into the
mainstream workforce
By robin schroffel | Photos claudeTTe carracedo
Let's
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