Where Education Wins.
Hospitality Transforms.
A restaurant, school, and campus empowering formerly incarcerated adults through culinary arts, hospitality training, and paid-in-life opportunity.
EDWINS Named One of “52 Places for a Changed World”
EDWINS was featured in The New York Times’ 52 Places for a Changed World, a global list recognizing places where travel, hospitality, and community impact come together.
Ranked at No. 12, EDWINS was highlighted for its mission of second chances, culinary education, and the belief that food can transform lives.
EDWINS Honored with the 2025 James Beard Impact Award
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In 2025, EDWINS founder Brandon Chrostowski received the James Beard Foundation Impact Award, recognizing the work of EDWINS Leadership & Restaurant Institute in creating opportunity, dignity, and a more equitable future for the hospitality industry.
From the dining room to the classroom, from prison education to reentry support, EDWINS continues to prove that food can be a pathway to transformation.
Nationally Recognized. Mission Driven.
EDWINS has been honored by leading culinary, media, and social impact organizations for our work in hospitality, education, and second chances.
Impacting Lives
Every meal, every class, and every opportunity at EDWINS helps create a path forward.
Restaurant
EDWINS is more than a restaurant. It is a place where hospitality, discipline, and opportunity meet at the table.
Leadership
Our work is rooted in the belief that every human being deserves a fair and equal future.
Institute
Through culinary training, life skills, support services, and mentorship, EDWINS helps students build careers and reclaim possibility.
Tradition & Passion
EDWINS Leadership & Restaurant Institute offers a unique approach at giving formerly incarcerated adults a foundation in the hospitality industry while providing a support network necessary for a successful reentry. EDWINS’ goal is to enhance Cleveland’s most vulnerable neighborhoods by helping to cultivate its future leaders.
“Every human being regardless of their past has the right to a fair and equal future.”