Twenty people graduated from the Ottawa Mission s Food Services Program on Thursday. Executive Chef Ric Allen-Watson says 19 of the graduates have been hired for work.
The Ottawa Mission celebrated the first graduation of its Food Services Training Program for students trained exclusively at Chef Ric’s , the shelter’s new social enterprise on Rideau Street.
After turning his life around thanks to the support of a concerned cook, chef helps others do the same through the Food Services Training Program at the Ottawa Mission kitchen that bears his name.