Careers Through Culinary Arts Program

Transforming Lives Since 1990

Long co-chaired by chef Marcus Samuelsson, Careers through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP) is a workforce development nonprofit that provides underserved teens a pathway to success.

Annually, C-CAP provides culinary, job and life skills to over 22,000 middle-and-high school students across the entire state of Arizona, as well as in Baltimore, Camden, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City & Long Island, Newark, Philadelphia, suburban Maryland, and Washington DC.

News

Peter McQuaid Jr. Has Made Chopped History

February 28, 2024

The C-CAP Los Angeles Gala

February 13, 2024

C-CAP Partners with Toast

February 8, 2024

Our Impact

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STUDENTS SERVED

ANNUALLY

OF STUDENTS HIRED

FOR A PAID INTERNSHIP

$ million

AWARDED

IN SCHOLARSHIPS

INDUSTRY

PARTNERS

CITIES AND REGIONS

ACROSS THE U.S.

“Eighteen years ago I sat in a culinary high school program that changed my life.”

Brother Luck - Owner, Four by Brother Luck

Our Programs

C-CAP works with culinary teachers and their students, providing a multitude of programs and workshops that prepare students for higher education and careers in the food industry.

Alumni

C-CAP alumni go on to exciting careers and have made significant contributions to their communities. Here are just a few inspirational stories of those who are now achieving success.

Adijatu Jalloh

C-CAP New York Alumni Adijatu Jalloh is a chef at Nobu and entrepreneur –– her catering A.M.J Fusion’s ...

Brianna Cruz Rabago

Should COVID-19 discourage aspiring chefs from entering the industry? Who and what are inspiring young chefs today? Chef ...

Aaron Davis

This holiday, we’re spotlighting C-CAP Arizona Alumni Chef Aaron Davis, who just graduated with his Bachelors from the ...

Angie Kingston

Disturbed by civil unrest and the unjust killing of Black and brown people and inspired by protestors and ...

Jacob Trinh

Jacob Trinh’s first joined C-CAP when he was a junior at Delaware County Technical High School in Aston, ...

Tiffany Jhingory

Tiffany Jhingory heard about C-CAP from Jonene Ford, a teacher at Friendly High School in Fort Washington, Maryland. ...

Rachael Litwiller

Rachael Litwiller was attending vocational school when she first heard about the C-CAP competition in Arizona and applied. ...

Warren Ottey

Growing up in East New York, a residential neighborhood in the eastern section of Brooklyn with some of ...

Juliet Auld

Juliet Auld first heard about C-CAP as a Junior when she transferred to Mountain View High School in ...

Carson Moreland

Carson Moreland will graduate from the Culinary Institute of American in Hyde Park this July, holding a bachelor’s ...

Carlton McCoy

On any given day in Aspen, you’ll find Carlton McCoy delighting guests at The Little Nell with his ...

Mimi Chen

As a senior in high school in 2015, Mimi Chen had no idea what her future held or ...

Brother Luck

"C-CAP defined the meaning of opportunity and provided me with the confidence that could make me successful if ...

Lasheeda Perry

With a career spanning over eight states in the last fourteen years, pastry genius Lasheeda Perry might very ...

Amanda Rubio

Amanda Rubio joined the culinary classes at Perry High School as a junior. She recalls seeing someone come to ...