David Moyer Email & Phone Number

Barre, Vt, Us

Barre, Vermont

Community Kitchen Academy (CKA) prepares underemployed and unemployed Vermonters for a career in the food service industry and lifelong learning through an intensive program of culinary skills development, career readiness and job placement. Students actively develop and apply new skills by creating wholesome meals for those at risk of hunger using food that has been gathered from within our communities that may otherwise go to waste. Upon graduation, students are well positioned to obtain a job in the food service industry and are “ServeSafe” certified, a recognized food service industry standard. They also develop valuable life and professional skills through the program including goal establishment, résumé writing, interviewing skills, conflict management and budgeting. In 2012, CKA received accreditation from the Vermont State College Office of External Programs and can now offer its graduates nine college-level academic transfer credits for completing the CKA program. In addition to the training, CKA performs another important function: rescuing produce, meat and other foods that would otherwise be wasted from grocery stores, restaurants, local farms and food service companies. Students work with instructors to transform this “rescued” food and create meals that are then vacuum sealed, frozen and distributed through food shelves and meal sites. These nutritious, easy to prepare meals bring important and highly desirable food groups like protein, dairy and vegetables into food shelves. Community Kitchen Academy is made possible through the generous support of Jane’s Trust, Richard and Deborah Tarrant Foundation, General Dynamics and Hunger Mountain Coop.For more information, contact: Michelle Wallace, Program Manager802.477-4125mwallace@vtfoodbank.org

Montpelier, Vermont

Barre, Vermont

Bachelor'S Degree, Culinary Arts

Hotel Restaurant Management, Hospitality

Spanish, Math

Diploma

Activities and Societies: Rifle Team, Green Mountain Teen Institute, Puerto Rico exchange trip