Hospitality
Select a training program in which you would like to obtain training and pursue a career.Industry: Hospitality
Description: This free 13-week course introduces students to the foundational skills needed for a successful culinary career. It begins with basic food service sanitation, culinary ingredient identification, taste development, equipment use, standard measurements, and knife safety and skills. Students then progress to preparing soups, stocks, sauces, salads, and entrées, as well as learning plate presentation, buffet and catering production, and menu and recipe development.
Location:
101 W. 23rd Street
Baltimore Maryland 21218
Certifications Earned: Participants receive their ServSafe Food Manager certification.
Eligibility: Participants must be 18 or older.
Expected Earnings: $17.00-$25.00 an hour
Contact: [email protected]
Industry: Hospitality
Description: The program offers an 11-week paid training opportunity for refugees and asylees interested in pursuing careers in the culinary industry. Participants are compensated for all training hours and receive more than 400 hours of hands-on, on-the-job training in kitchen roles. Upon completion, graduates are supported in securing full-time employment within the culinary field.
Location:
1200 East West Highway
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
Certifications Earned: Participants earn their ServSafe food handlers certificate.
Eligibility: Participants must be refugees, asylees, or survivors of human trafficking who have arrived in the United States within the past five years, be 18 years of age or older, have U.S. work authorization, be able to lift 25 pounds and work 8-hour days, be able to communicate in basic English, have full-time availability to work 40 hours per week, earn less than $10,000 per year, and demonstrate a passion for food and interest in a culinary career.
Expected Earnings: Throughout the program participants will earn local minimum wage. Graduates of the program go on to careers making an average of $36,000 in their first year post graduation.
Contact: [email protected]
Industry: Hospitality
Description: Participants can choose between two career pathways:
1.Hotel & Accommodation
2. Restaurant & Food Service
Training begins with an intensive one-week bootcamp covering workplace readiness, customer service, and industry-related certifications. The program is then followed by five weeks of hands-on, paid on-the-job training with local employers.
Location:
AAWDC Career Center
613 Global Way
Linthicum Heights, Maryland 21090
Certifications Earned: Credentials differ for each program:
1. Hotel & Accommodation
ServSafe Alcohol and Guest Service Gold
2. Restaurant & Food Service
ServSafe Food Handler
Eligibility: Participants must be Anne Arundel County residents, at least 18 years old, and authorized to work in the United States. Participants will also complete an interview and screening process and may receive conditional job offers from participating businesses.
Expected Earnings: $17.92 an hour
Contact: [email protected]
Industry: Hospitality
Description: Sunflower Bakery is a nonprofit, social enterprise that provides workforce development training in Pastry Arts, Hospitality, and Culinary Arts to young adults 18+ with learning disabilities. Our programs are 26 weeks and focus on hard skills of each training and the soft skills of employment readiness. The program is divided into two phases with the first 13 weeks learning basics and the second 13 weeks applying knowledge in a production kitchen or retail environment.
Location:
5951 Halpine Road
Rockville, Maryland 20851
Certifications Earned: Participants earn their Serv-Safe Food Handler Certification.
Eligibility: Participants much have a high school diploma or certificate and learning disability.
Expected Earnings: Minimum wage
Contact: [email protected]
Industry: Hospitality
Description: Paul’s Place offers a free culinary training program at Groundwork Kitchen. We prepare eligible Baltimore community members to be competitive, qualified employees in local food service operations. Staff utilize case management support to mitigate employee performance issues that stem from poverty and oppression. By targeting structural barriers to employment, we endeavor to reach into a previously untapped portion of the workforce: those who would otherwise have been excluded from careers in food service due to oppressive power systems.
The actual training includes marketable front of house and back of house skills as well as job readiness and soft skills classes. Students earn stackable, portable industry-recognized credentials from Servsafe and American Hotel and Lodging Educational Institute to validate their skills. The program prepares students for the ServSafe Manager certification exam, which opens job opportunities in growing industries in Baltimore that pay above minimum wage.
Experienced Chef Trainers teach students of all prior experience and skill levels, offering a combination of classroom-based and hands-on culinary training divided into three progressive tiers. Students are introduced to a food service essentials curriculum informed by input from employer and industry partners.
Location:
925 Washington Boulevard
Baltimore Maryland 21230
Certifications Earned: Participants earn their ServSafe Food Handler and Manager Certifications.
Eligibility: Participants must be 18 or older, earn less than the Baltimore City AMI, and be able to work in food service after graduation.
Expected Earnings: $18.00 an hour
Contact: [email protected]
For additional information, contact:
Maryland Department of Labor
Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning
100 S. Charles Street, Tower 1
Baltimore, MD 21201
Email: [email protected]