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Careers through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP) works with public schools across the country to prepare underserved high school students for college and career opportunities in the restaurant and hospitality industry. A national nonprofit, C-CAP manages the largest independent high school culinary scholarship program in the United States. Since 1990, C-CAP has awarded students $28 million in scholarships and donated $2.3 million worth of supplies and equipment to classrooms. C-CAP operates in seven locations: New York; Los Angeles; Chicago; Philadelphia; Hampton Roads, VA; Washington, D.C.; and statewide in Arizona.

PRESSURE COOKER follows two semesters in the culinary arts class of Wilma Stephenson, a high school teacher in Northeast Philadelphia whose no-holds-barred teaching style helps her students gain scholarships to college. Mrs. Stephenson spells it out on the first day of school by telling the class that 11 graduates the previous year earned more than $750,000 in scholarships. She offers students her version of the American Dream: Choose a realistic goal. Work hard. Work the system. Get out of Northeast Philly.

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Careers through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP) works with public schools across the nation to prepare high school students for college and career opportunities in the restaurant and hospitality industry. A national nonprofit, C-CAP provides teacher training, scholarships, cooking competitions, job shadows, training and internships, college and career advising, and product and equipment donations.

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