by Olivier Darceaux | Apr 6, 2020 | Culinary Art, Students
With so much change, uncertainty and anxiety swirling around the rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve all become more aware of the value of shelf-stable foods. Canned, jarred or boxed items, such as grains, lentils, pasta, rice, beans and soups, are well...
by Olivier Darceaux | Feb 26, 2020 | Culinary Art, Life Skills, Vocational Training
It’s week 6 of Open Gate International’s Orange County Winter Culinary Arts Program . Executive Chef Cinthia Worsey has introduced 16 students in our current class to the atmosphere and demands of a professional commercial kitchen. In the area of life skills, students...
by Olivier Darceaux | Feb 21, 2020 | Culinary Art, Moldova, Vocational Training
At Open Gate International, we champion victorious futures for those in vulnerable life situations in the United States and around the world. In 2016, our journey took us to Moldova. In this small, poverty-stricken eastern European country, our founder, Deidre Pujols,...
by Olivier Darceaux | Jan 31, 2020 | Culinary Art, Vocational Training
There’s something wonderful in the power of culinary arts. No one knows that better than Open Gate International’s Global Executive Chef, Cinthia Worsey. Growing up in South America in a home where food was passion, Chef Cinthia has many childhood memories that start...
by admin | Apr 9, 2018 | Culinary Art, Moldova, Students
What an exciting day! A week before Christmas, the first graduating class of the Youth CulinaryTraining Program in Antonesti Moldova came to the capital city of Chisinau for a celebration. Their trainers, Diana and Olga, brought the girls on the 2-hour journey into...
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