Bracken's Kitchen Inc.

The Chef’s To End Hunger initiative is the creation of LA Specialty produce. Working alongside them, our program will not only help supply healthy food for our own food truck feeding program but will supply an abundance of healthy meal options to a large variety of smaller organizations that currently rely on the boxed food programs to feed their clients. Our plans for this program is very simple. We will use what is collected from hotels and restaurants and apply simple and creative culinary skill to repurpose it into tasty and nutritious meals. Once prepared our vision is to package the food items into both bulk and individual portions to support larger hunger relief organizations or the smaller individual needs of small households and hotel families. We envision being able to supply food items to organizations such as South County Outreach, Orangewood Foundation and as we grow larger food banks such as Second Harvest and the Orange County Food Bank.

Through hands on participation in a live kitchen environment we will teach, train and equip our young students with the skills needed to present them with culinary opportunities in the hospitality industry. At Bracken’s Kitchen, we have created an environment that provides training, work experience, and above all else, the opportunity for at risk youth and young adults to work alongside professional chefs to learn essential skills for a career in food service. Our Culinary Training Program is tied into our food truck feeding program, rescued food programs and our “Catering For A Cause” program. Catering For A Cause is our social enterprise that helps to keep our programs running while offering future employment opportunities for our students. By combining all of our programs we are building the framework to create a long term self-sustaining program that provides a hand up and not just a hand out.