LIVING808.
HAWAI'I COOK A PRESENT TIGS
PROGRAM AT KCC GIVING FREE
TRAINING TO CHEFS WHO WANT TO
RAISE THEIR GAME.
HERE WITH THE SCOOP IS MARCUS,
PROGRAM COORDINATOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
CAUGHT UP WITH WITH YOU AT THE
SCHOOL.
NICE TO HAVE YOU IN THE
STUDIO.
I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THE IDEA
FOR THE PROGRAM.
HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT?
THIS PROGRAM ORIGINALLY
STARTED BECAUSE EVERYONE WHO
WORKS IN THE CULINARY SCHOOL,
WE'RE ALL FROM THE
INDUSTRYMENT SO WE KNOW THAT
THE CHALLENGES AT THE INDUSTRY
FACED.
IT WAS SPECIFICALLY OUR THEN
DEPARTMENT CHAIR RON TAKAHASHI
AND HE APPLIED FOR GRANT
THROUGH STATE EXPANSION GRANT
THROUGH THE OFFICE
APPRENTICESHIP.
THE MONEY ESSENTIALLY WAS
GIVEN TO US.
IN ORDER FOR US TO CREATE A
PROGRAM.
THAT WOULD HELP TO TRAIN THE
HOSPITALITY WORKFORCE IN WAYS
THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED.
SO WE CREATED PROGRAM
SPECIFICALLY TO HIP COOKS AND
RESTAURANT MANAGERS THAT WAY.
AMAZING PROGRAM.
I'M SURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE
BRINGING SOME GREAT CHEFS OUT
OF THIS PROGRAM.
IT REALLY IS SIA AMAZING.
HONESTLY, INCREDIBLE TO SEE
THIS PROGRAM DEVELOP.
WE STARTED IT IN 2017.
AND THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM,
EACH SPECIAL IS 30 WEEKS.
AND THROUGHOUT THE EACH
2-AND-A-HALF YEARS, SWEENEY
OVER 250 PEOPLE COME THROUGH
THE PROGRAM.
REPRESENTING OVER 50 REST
RESTAURANTS WHO ARE HELPING
THEM WITH THEIR APPRENTICESHIP
ON THE JOB TRAINING.
John: HOW DOES SOMEONE
ENROLL FOR THE PROGRAM?
TWO WAYS.
PROGRAM IS MAINLY TAKEN
ADVANTAGE OF BY PEOPLE WHO ARE
ALREADY WORKING IN RAWPTS AS RESTAURANTS
AS COOKS.
FIRST AND MOST POPULAR AVENUE.
I WORK IN A RESTAURANT, BACK
OF THE HOUSE POSITION.
DON'T EVEN HAVE TO ACTUALLY BE
WORKING AS ACTIVE COOK NET.
HAVE TO BE ABLE TO WORK IN A
RESTAURANT WHO IS WILLING TO
LET YOU DO THAT DURING IT'S
PROGRAM.
SO YOU CAN DO THE OBJECT THE
JOB CHECKLIST.
-- ON THE JOB CHECKLIST.
CONTACT ME DIRECTLY.
PORTAL THROUGH OUR WEBSITE AT
CONTINCONTINUING ED. -- KAPI
KAPIOLANI.CONTINUING HE HAD.
OR MEL ME DIRECTLY.
CONTACT ME DIRECTLY.
SOMEONE NOT IN THE INDUSTRY.
INTERESTED NO GETTING
TRAINING.
CONTACT ME.
TRAWNT PARRESTAURANTPARTNERS.
APPLY FOR A JOB AT THE
RESTAURANT AND PAID.
BUT THEY WOULD BE APPRENTICE.
WORKING THROUGH THE PROGRAM
THAT WAY.
John: I'D LOVE TO KNOW HOW
YOU SEEN THIS PROGRAM BENEFIT
EMPLOYEES.
I MEAN, I'M SURE THERE ARE
TONS OF BENEFITS.
Tannya: ABSOLUTELY.
SO THIS PROGRAM, AGAIN, I
CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH MOCH
DESIGNED AS APPRENTICESHIP.
SPECIFIC DESIGNED TO ELEVATE
SOMEONE FROM ONE PLACE TO
ANOTHER.
SO WHILE THERE ARE SEVERAL
PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN PART IN
THIS PROGRAM, WHO WERE FLOOR
POSITIONS OF KITCHEN
LEADERSHIP, AND JUST NEVER
RECEIVED ANY FORMAL TRAINING,
O IS THEY WERE TAKING IT IN
ORDER TO GIVE THEMSELVES MORE
KNOWLEDGE FOR THE JOB THAT
THEY ALREADY HAVE, WE'VE SEEN
A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKE THE
PROGRAMS START OUT, AND ONE
POSITION, SAY MAYBE AS A
DISHWASHER OR PREP COOK, AND
THEN TAKE THIS PROGRAM AND
WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE
PROGRAM, THEY WORK THEIR WAY
INTO LINE COOK.
SOME OF THEM EVEN SOUS CHEF.
John: ONE THING TO LEARN
IN A SCHOOL SETTING.
THAN IS TO BE LEARNING LIKE IN
AN ACTUAL RESTAURANT SETTING
LIKE THAT.
YES.
John: GOT TO BE PRETTY
COOL.
ONE OF THE THING THAT'S
MOST APPEALING.
IN THE YOWS JUST ON THE JOB
TRAINING.
WHICH YOU WOULD GET FROM YOUR
EMPLOYER.
WITHOUT THIS PROGRAM.
NOT JUST CLASSROOM TRAINING.
WHICH YOU WOULD GET FROM US IF
YOU JUST ENROLLED AT THE
SCHOOL.
IT'S BOTH.
WE GO THROUGH ALL OF THE
FUNDAMENTALS.
TEACH THEM, START WITH SAFETY
AND SANITATION.
GET THEIR FOOD HANDLER SERVE
SAFE, AND THEN ALSO TAKE A
CLASS ON MENU PLANNING OR MENU
MERCHANDISING.
REALLY IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY IF
THEY'RE INTERESTED IN GOING IN
THE KITCHEN LEADERSHIP.
TAKE A CLASS ON CULINARY
NUTRITION TO HELP UNDERSTAND
THE IMPORTANCE OF BALANCED
MENU.
CLASS ON OVERALL FOOD SERVICE.
SO IT GOES INTO ALL THE
POSITIONS OF RESTAURANT.
AND THEN WE MOVE INTO THE
KITCHEN FOR 20 FULL WEEKS.
THESE CLASSES ONLY ONCE A
WEEK.
6 HOUR CLASS, THE ONCE A WEEK.
BUT 20 FULL WEEKS OF THE 30 IS
IN THE KITCHEN STARTING WITH
HOW TO SHARPEN A KNIFE, CUT A A
CARROT PROPER LIMIT FILET A
FISH.
John: ARE THERE ANY OTHER
PROGRAMS LIKE THIS?
UNTHE SAME GRANT.
HAWAI'I RESTAURANT MANAGER
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.
ON LINE PROGRAM.
TAKE CLASSES IN RESTAURANT
MARK HE WILL ET EGG.
MARKETING.
RESOURCE MANAGE.
100% FREE.
THAT ONE IS DESIGNED FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN RESTAURANT
MANAGEMENT OR WOULD LIKE TO
MOVE INTO THAT POSITION.
AND WE CAN GIVE THEM A
STATE CERTIFICATION BY TAKING
THE CLASS.
John: THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING HERE.
APPRECIATE IT ALL THE
INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE.
IF YOU'RE IN THE LAST BIT
INTERESTED, THIS IS THE GUY TO
TALK TO.