Partnerships & Affiliations
We can only do what we do with your help
The number of potentially positive projects needed in a community will always exceed the number of hands and minds willing and able to work on those projects.
That is why the Chefs de Cuisine Education Foundation fosters partnerships with like-minded individuals and organizations to do the work required to strengthen and enhance our many diverse neighborhoods and the people who live there.
The Foundation Board of Directors believes that nonprofit organizations competing for dwindling funding resources for identical projects is counterproductive. The stated goal of the Foundation is to strive for community uplift by supporting the efforts of organizations with common goals.
Our Community Partners
The Sweetwater Union High School District: offering youth-oriented cooking classes on food safety and healthy eating and preparation to combat childhood obesity and malnutrition to maintain healthy lifestyles.
Kitchens For Good: providing culinary expertise and free memberships and mentorships for culinary apprentices overcoming troubled backgrounds.
Suncoast Market Co-op: promoting community-based efforts to establish a critically needed full-service grocery store in Imperial Beach.
Sensations Salud: focusing on increased culinary literacy and the nutritional impact of food programs on the body both short and long term.
Chula Vista Police Activities League: preparing meals and supporting programs that assist youngsters in developing teamwork and cooperation.
Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center: lending chef support and expanding the reach of both organizations in area schools by coordinating programming efforts.
The Berry Good Food Foundation: planting vegetable gardens in local schools and helping students prepare nutritious recipes from their harvests.
I Love To Glean: a fiscally sponsored non-profit corporation formed to partner with others to facilitate countywide food recovery systems that increase the capacity for recovery and distribution of otherwise wasted food to organizations serving those in need.
South County Boys & Girls Clubs: working with after school cooking programs, as well as preparing winter holiday meals for 20 years for hundreds of families who might otherwise do without.
Two Chefs de Cuisines:
One Extended Family
Observers sometimes ask if there is a difference between the Chefs de Cuisine Association and the Chefs de Cuisine Education Foundation.
The short answer is yes.