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Chef Ann Foundation: Healthy School Food Pathway

Chef Ann Foundation · Sacramento, CA

Cost
$0
Length
36 weeks
Working 6 months later
Not reported

Program names, program descriptions and occupation titles appear here in English, because that is the only language the federal and state records publish them in. Everything else on this page is translated.

What happened to people who took this

No outcomes reported for this program

About a third of California programs report nothing. That is a fact about the program's reporting, not evidence that it works or does not.

The job this trains for

This describes the jobs people do, not the classes this program teaches. It comes from the U.S. Department of Labor, which asks people already doing the work. The Department publishes it in English only, so the job names and the sentences below stay in English on this page.

Where California publishes a separate figure for Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties), it appears beneath the statewide one. Statewide stays the headline: people who train here do not necessarily work here.

Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria

Job ads may call this: Cook · Sous Chef · Dinner Cook · School Cook

Some of what people in this job do. The Department rates how important each one is, and they appear in that order.

  • Monitor and record food temperatures to ensure food safety.
  • Cook foodstuffs according to menus, special dietary or nutritional restrictions, or numbers of portions to be served.
  • Rotate and store food supplies.
  • Wash pots, pans, dishes, utensils, or other cooking equipment.
Typical pay in California
$47,565per yearSacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA: $46,393
Projected openings
51,210Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA: 2,460
Projected change
+9.9%
Usually needs
No formal educational credential

Getting in

Experience needed first
None
Training after you are hired
Under a month

No earlier job experience is expected, and new hires are not put through a long training period. For work like this, a program is usually the way in.

These are the federal government's answers for the occupation, not rules this provider sets. California publishes the same two answers for every one of these jobs.

What people in this job actually studied

Most common: High school diploma — 42% of the people doing this work.

No high school diploma
27%
High school diploma
42%
Started college, no degree
18%
Two-year degree
6%
Four-year degree
6%
Master's degree
0.9%
Doctorate or professional degree
0.3%

This counts people already doing this job, across the whole United States. Every other figure on this page is California's, and the federal government publishes no state version of this one. It is what people happen to have, not a rule about who gets hired. A small row does not mean you would be turned away, and a large one is not a promise of a job.

Program details

This is a hybrid or blended program providing both in-person and online instruction.

The Healthy School Food Pathway Apprenticeship program will support education and workforce development for healthy school food in California. The programs will provide California's Community College students in culinary, nutrition, food service management, and hospitality programs, incumbent school food service staff desiring to advance their skills and knowledge, and displaced or transitional workers in related industries with education and hands-on experience in operating scratch-cook, healthy K-12 school meal programs. The paid, competency-based Apprenticeship program will include online related supplemental instruction and on-the-job training.

Someone else may be able to pay for this

This program was on California's Eligible Training Provider List when the state last reported it to the U.S. Department of Labor (2026-08-04). Programs on that list can be paid for through an Individual Training Account. Listings are renewed periodically and can lapse, so a program listed when the state last reported may not be listed today. Ask before you rely on it.

The place to ask is an America's Job Center of California

A comprehensive center is where all the required partner programs can be reached; an affiliate site offers some of them. California's Employment Development Department directs people to CareerOneStop's finder to locate one. Contacting a center before traveling is worth it — the state notes that its own staff are not physically present at every location.

The rule: 20 CFR 678.305 — What is a comprehensive one-stop center? · 20 CFR 678.310 — What is an affiliated site? · California EDD — Office Locator

  • Asian Resources, Inc. (ARI) AJCCAffiliate site

    Phone: 916-324-6202

    2411 Alhambra BlvdNeighborWorks HomeOwnership Center Suite 110Sacramento, CA 95817about 1.9 miles away

    Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm

  • YoloWorks! Career Center-West SacramentoAffiliate site

    Phone: 916-375-6307

    500 Jefferson BlvdHealth and Human Services AgencyWest Sacramento, CA 95605about 2.1 miles away

    Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 8:00am-4:00pm

  • Mark Sanders AJCCAffiliate site

    Phone: 916-227-0301

    2901 50th StreetSacramento, CA 95817about 3.2 miles away

    Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm

    Has a veterans' representative

Distances are straight-line, so the drive is longer. Call before you travel: opening hours here are as the federal directory published them, and the state notes its own staff are not present at every location.

Find a center anywhere in California, and check what is on the list today:
CareerOneStop — American Job Center Finder (U.S. DOL) · California EDD — Office Locator · California EDD — Eligible Training Provider List

How this gets paid for, and what to ask

Whether a person can have a program paid for is decided by their local workforce development board and the America's Job Center staff who interview them — not by this site, and not by the training provider. California has 45 local workforce development areas and each sets its own policies, so the answer can differ between two people in neighboring counties. Nothing here is a promise of funding or a determination of eligibility.

The rules cited here, and the state and federal sites linked to, are published in English.

How this site gets its figures, and what they do not tell you