Future Chefs offers three programs that are completed sequentially: A short-term introductory program, a paid after-school work and service program for high school juniors and seniors, and a program for continued engagement and support after high school graduation.   

Each program includes comprehensive professional and life skills training, opportunities for youth leadership, coaching from industry experts, and support to pursue a broad range of culinary and other professional careers.

Participants are introduced to basic culinary techniques used in commercial and home settings. Participants explore possible culinary career paths and begin to develop essential skills needed to successfully participate in Future Chefs paid after-school programming. 

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A 2 year program for Boston resident High School students that begins after FC Prepares. Includes culinary and essential skill development, social/emotional learning, and planning for work and life after high school. Participants engage in paid work projects while holding a leadership role on a student-led team.

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For students who have graduated from high school and completed the FC Delivers program. They receive individual ongoing support for two years after high school as they put their plan for work and life into action.

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Early employment, a key milestone in the journey to adulthood, is crucial for learning 21st Century skills and establishing early patterns of success. Yet, teens and young adults cannot find jobs.

—Employment among teens is trending downward - from 1999 to 2015, employment among young adults dropped from 54.3% to 29.3%

—In the Boston public school system, 37% of low-income students do not graduate from high school.

—The cost of not having a post-graduation career plan is high. In Massachusetts, 1 in 4 young adults (16-24) are not working.