Culinary school recruits students
The Community Culinary School of Northwestern Connecticut is recruiting students for an upcoming training session.
The course offers 12 weeks of hands-on culinary learning.
Classes will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays through Fridays at the St. John’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall at 7 Whittlesey Ave. in New Milford, beginning Jan. 3.
Tuition is free for qualifying candidates. The school offers job and life skills training to adults with the food produced in classes donated to local food banks. The school also serves as the congregate meal provider for the New Milford Senior Center as well as the emergency food provider for the Town of New Milford.
Prospective applicants should contact the executive director, Dawn Hammacott, at 203-512-5791, email culinaryschool@sbcglobal.net, or visit communityculinaryschool.org.
Chef Blythe Roberts will teach the course. Students learn skills that cover all the aspects of working in a professional kitchen including food safety certification.