Culinary Hub of Providence

Promoting economic recovery for all

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The CHOP Mission

The purpose of CHOP (coming soon!) is to provide culinary training that supports the mission of Genesis Center, “to provide the highest quality education, job training, and support services to people of diverse cultures so that they may achieve economic independence and participate fully in society.”

Genesis Center’s Culinary Hub of Providence (CHOP) is a hybrid workforce development, economic development, and retail hub soon to be located at a busy downtown corner in the Providence Public Library. The initiative is a natural expansion of our longstanding and successful culinary arts program, and will better meet the evolving needs of our participants and employers in the hospitality field. CHOP will serve as a Culinary education and training hub, where it will create jobs, support business, and strengthen the local community.

Workforce Development: CHOP is first, and foremost, a “workforce development cafe.”

  • Paid, on-the-job training

  • Incumbent Worker Training

  • Recruitment

  • Entrepreneurial Support

Discuss apprenticeship program 

  • Genesis Center operates a State accredited apprenticeship program through a partnership with CHOP and local employers. This intensive, year long training involves basic skills workshops and uses an “earn while you learn” model.

Community Revitalization: CHOP’s location in Providence Public Library will assist with not only the revitalization of the downtown Providence area, but also with the evolution of the local culinary and hospitality industries, which have been particularly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Economic Development

  • Partnerships

  • Culture and Community

Retail Enterprise: As a culinary professional, our chef Joshua Riazi has considered numerous initiatives to help strengthen the financial sustainability of our culinary training program. This is the first of those initiatives that will now become a sustainable reality.

  • Financial Sustainability

  • Paid Training

  • Visibility

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