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Fast, free and focused foodservice training.

Fast, free and focused foodservice training.

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of program participantsare employed after graduation

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We work to ensure our graduates have the culinary skills, job-readiness, and continuing support they need to retain employment and pursue a sustainable career in food service.

Work options is for everyone!

Work Options for Women is now Work Options. We’ve changed our name to reflect the fact that we serve all adults, regardless of gender identity or expression.

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Americans gave an estimated $2.47 billion during t

Americans gave an estimated $2.47 billion during the 24 hours of #GivingTuesday 2020! Your contribution, in any amount - from $5 to $5000, makes you a part of something so much bigger 💝

If you are planning on joining this movement and making a charitable donation during this season of giving, please consider supporting Work Options. Your donation will support people in your community as they gain the skills and resources they need to move confidently into sustainable employment.

Schedule your donation using the link in our bio!

Kristina Stanley is a pastry chef and food activis

Kristina Stanley is a pastry chef and food activist who runs two businesses that focus on using tribally-sourced ingredients to produce healthy foods: plant-based Abaaso Foods, and Brown Rice & Honey, a wholesale/catering company.

#nativeamericanheritagemonth #indigenousfoods

The Season of Giving is here and Work Options staf

The Season of Giving is here and Work Options staff and students are hard at work producing thousands of holiday meals to be distributed for FREE around the Denver area this season!

You can help support our students as they learn and practice the foundational culinary skills they will need to prepare for employment by making a donation to Work Options this Giving Tuesday or CO Gives Day. Schedule your donation today by visiting https://www.coloradogives.org/WorkOptions 🎁

#COGivesDay #GiveWhereYouLive #GivingSeason

James Beard award-winning chef Sean Sherman founde

James Beard award-winning chef Sean Sherman founded The Sioux Chef in 2014, an organization committed to revitalizing indigenous food through education and is a leading advocate for indigenous food systems.

#nativeamericanheritagemonth #indigenousfoods

Colorado Gives Day is December 7th - but you can s

Colorado Gives Day is December 7th - but you can schedule your donation right now! Your support helps people in your community get the skills and support they need to find and maintain employment in the desperately understaffed food service industry. Our culinary job training is FREE to our students, and industry wages are higher than ever!

Visit coloradogives.org/workoptions (link in bio) to learn more!
#cogivesday #givewhereyoulive

Hillel Echo-Hawk, an advocate for protecting indig

Hillel Echo-Hawk, an advocate for protecting indigenous food systems, is the founder of Birch Basket, a catering company focused on providing indigenous foods using sustainable, pre-colonial ingredients.

#nativeamericanheritagemonth #indigenousfoods

The state’s largest community giving movement, #

The state’s largest community giving movement, #COGivesDay, is on December 7th - but you can schedule your donation starting TODAY!
Visit www.coloradogives.org/WorkOptions to help people in your community get the skills and support they need to find sustainable employment 👩‍🍳🍳

International Chefs Day celebrates our noble profe

International Chefs Day celebrates our noble profession, always remembering that it is our duty to pass on our knowledge and culinary skills to the next generation of chefs with a sense of pride and commitment to the future. Work Options would like to take this day to celebrate our wonderful, committed, talented team of Chef Instructors 👩‍🍳❤️🔪

#denverchefs #culinarytraining #internationalchefsday

Amalia Moreno-Damgaard is an award-winning bestsel

Amalia Moreno-Damgaard is an award-winning bestselling author, chef and entrepreneur from Guatemala currently living in Minneapolis. She helps individuals and companies develop a better understanding of Latin cultures through healthy gourmet cuisine.
#hispanicheritage

News & Events

The Scoop vol. 4

October 25, 2021

The latest news from Work Options—all about our updated name, an invitation to join our Board, and more.

The Scoop vol. 3

October 25, 2021

The latest news from Work Options—updates from our Board of Directors, some student success stories, funding updates, and more.

The Scoop vol. 2

October 25, 2021

The latest news from Work Options—updates from our Board of Directors, some student success stories, funding updates, and more.