by Open Gate International | Apr 20, 2020 | Culinary Art, Life Skills, Students, Vocational Training
The OGI kitchen is the heart of our Culinary Training Program. It’s about learning, experimenting and having fun together. Although Covid-19 has changed how classes are delivered, and students can’t train with Chef Cinthia in person right now, they’re coming together...
by Open Gate International | Apr 6, 2020 | Culinary Art, Students
With so much change, uncertainty and anxiety swirling around the rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve all become more aware of the value of shelf-stable foods. Canned, jarred or boxed items, such as grains, lentils, pasta, rice, beans and soups, are well...
by Open Gate International | Feb 26, 2020 | Culinary Art, Life Skills, Vocational Training
It’s week 6 of Open Gate International’s Orange County Winter Culinary Arts Program . Executive Chef Cinthia Worsey has introduced 16 students in our current class to the atmosphere and demands of a professional commercial kitchen. In the area of life skills, students...
by Open Gate International | Feb 21, 2020 | Culinary Art, Moldova, Vocational Training
At Open Gate International, we champion victorious futures for those in vulnerable life situations in the United States and around the world. In 2016, our journey took us to Moldova. In this small, poverty-stricken eastern European country, our founder, Deidre Pujols,...
by Open Gate International | Jan 31, 2020 | Culinary Art, Vocational Training
There’s something wonderful in the power of culinary arts. No one knows that better than Open Gate International’s Global Executive Chef, Cinthia Worsey. Growing up in South America in a home where food was passion, Chef Cinthia has many childhood memories that start...