Founded in 2007 – and headquartered in Waltham! – Future Chefs™ is a privately-funded, school to career program working with high school culinary arts students in the Greater Boston area.

Future Chefs’ mission is to prepare motivated youth for high quality early employment and post secondary educational opportunities in the culinary field.

Future Chefs™ uses a youth development model in which youth participate in planning, leading and evaluating their program. Students earn scholarships and apprenticeships for post-secondary training. Young participants develop a career plan and receive coaching through caring and supportive relationships with educators, staff and industry mentors.