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Overview

The James Beard Foundation is committed to supporting and mentoring the next generation of culinary leaders. The Foundation’s Women in Culinary Leadership program has already successfully graduated more than 25 women who have entered the program and for the class of 2017 there are 20 positions available offered by 19 mentors. Founded by Susan Ungaro and Rohini Dey, the program is now starting its fourth year, featuring talented and successful chefs and restaurateurs. The goal is for candidates to learn first-hand how to break through the culinary world's glass ceiling.



Our mentors, who are leading restaurateurs and chefs across the country, offer an accelerated, learning-by-doing leadership program to the mentees who will be placed within their restaurant groups. This is reinforced, by monthly program assessments, and calls with the JBF leadership to access each mentee's development trajectory.



In addition, each mentee will have the opportunity to work alongside guest chefs cooking at the historic James Beard House for one week



WCL gives women with a minimum of two years of professional hospitality or culinary experience the chance to train and work with top industry leaders and build in-depth skills either in in the kitchen and/or around restaurant management. Only when more women hold top roles in the culinary industry will more women find success in the industry.