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Free Curriculum + Funding: A Perfect Match
Share Our Strength, a good friend to The Culinary Trust and an ally in the Chefs Move to Schools Initiative is offering free curriculum and funding for culinary professionals to help teach families how to shop for healthy food on a limited budget. Share Our Strength’s Shopping Matters is an interactive, in-store shopping tour lasting [...]
Lunch with Chef Bill Telepan
Chef Bill Telepan has an impressive pedigree. He apprenticed with the legendary Alain Chapel at his three Michelin-star restaurant outside Lyons. He worked with Daniel Boulud at Le Cirque and Gilbert Le Coze at Le Bernardin. From there, he spent four years as Executive Sous Chef with Alfred Portale at Gotham Bar & Grill. In l998, Telepan joined JUdson Grill, [...]
Today’s Special — One Night Only
On April 1, The Culinary Trust was joined by Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi and cookbook author and actress Madhur Jaffrey at a pop-up restaurant featuring food inspired by the film written and starring Aasif Mandvi – Today’s Special. Proceeds benefitted The Culinary Trust.
The Culinary Trust is dedicated to preserving culinary heritage, and our newest program, Stories About Food, funded generously [...]
About The Culinary Trust

The Culinary Trust gives culinary professionals the tools and opportunities to understand and act on critical issues in the world of food.
The Culinary Trust started its corporate life on February 7, 1984 under the name Cooking Advancement Research and Education Foundation (CAREF). Its first Trustees were the late Julia Child, CCP, Shirley Corriher, CCP, and Marlene Sorosky, CCP. CAREF was a charitable foundation formed to support research and education in the broad fields of culinary studies, whether from a scientific, literary or practical standpoint. Among CAREF’s significant accomplishments was providing scholarships for culinary education and grants for culinary research at a time when the culinary field was emerging from its popular perception as a trade to its current status as a profession.





