Forge City Works recently garnered funding to open a training center in Hartford to teach future workers in the restaurant industry.
Jacques Pépin Foundation
HARTFORD, CT — A Rhode Island-based foundation specializing in promoting culinary careers has donated cash to help a Hartford nonprofit train future restaurant industry staff.
The Jacques Pépin Foundation last month announced that Forge City Works was one of its Winter 2025 Grant Awardees.
One of 16 recipients this round, Forge City Works, a Hartford-based nonprofit, serves people in the Hartford community who have barriers to employment by providing job training in the food and hospitality industry to help them achieve sustainable careers.
According to the foundation, Forge City Works will use the grant to help convert the former café space, which was relocated to the Fire by Forge restaurant next door, into a flexible and functional training center.
The site will feature culinary demos, interactive sessions, classroom lectures, and more.
The renovated space will also enable Forge City Works to increase the number of participants at public cooking classes.
In addition to the $10,000 grant, Forge City Works will receive foundation-branded aprons for its students and group membership to the foundation.
