Culinary Boot Camp

The s’Cool Food Initiative runs week-long culinary training events called Culinary Boot Camps for food service staff across Santa Barbara County.  Working directly with Chef Educators and their peers, attendees practice the skills required for integrating more scratch cooking techniques into their school kitchens.

In response to requests made by many food service staff members and their directors during our initial district-specific Needs Assessments, Boot Camps address the lack of continuing professional development and culinary training for food service staff.  This program was developed by professional chefs, who have experience in both school kitchens and educational settings, to specifically address the needs of school kitchens.  Keeping in mind the specific requirements that school food service personnel must meet and the unique limitations of school facilities and budgets, Boot Camp is designed to expose attendees to practical techniques that can be introduced to their production as they move towards scratch cooking.