by Jon Khanna | Jun 27, 2017 | Press
While the current US unemployment rate suggests that the job market is quite strong, finding a job isn’t equally easy for everyone, and for some populations, it’s chronically downright tough. For example, while more than 650,000 ex-offenders are released from prison...
by Jon Khanna | Jun 21, 2017 | Blog
Devonn, Samantha and Brian started the first of their many knife skills lessons today. They’ll spend the next three months perfecting techniques to julienne, brunoise, batonnet, chiffonade and more. You may be wondering, “So, what exactly does EDWINS do...
by Jon Khanna | Jun 9, 2017 | Blog
While it’s true our curriculum at EDWINS is based on centuries of traditional French cuisine, there’s always room for experimentation. We ask students to come up with recipes and ideas for our daily specials so they can show us – and guests at EDWINS...
by Jon Khanna | Jun 7, 2017 | Blog
Kelly McKinney ’14 is celebrating her three-year anniversary at Music Box Supper Club! She is working in the back of the house (BOH) as a line cook and doing kitchen prep! She is excited because she just got a raise and promotion! Congratulations! Harrison...
by Jon Khanna | Jun 4, 2017 | Blog
Thank you to all who participated in the June 3 Who we are, Where we live: Buckeye-Shaker Pop-up event on EDWINS patio. Cindy Washabaugh, Program Founder and Director, is looking forward to taking your stones “on the road” to the Who we are Final Reading...
by Jon Khanna | Jun 2, 2017 | Blog
Chances are if you’ve attended an EDWINS event, you’ve had the pleasure to meet Derrick Speights, our Community Outreach Coordinator. Derrick oversees events for EDWINS all over the community, whether it’s in schools, prisons, churches, or with our non-profit network....
by Jon Khanna | Jun 1, 2017 | Blog
We were so happy to welcome employees of KeyBank to EDWINS as part of Neighbors Make the Difference Day. We want to thank EDWINS Board Vice Chair and SVP, Talent Management at KeyBank, Chris Cole, for organizing these generous volunteers who helped us...
by Jon Khanna | May 30, 2017 | Blog
What’s your ‘three-word story’? Who We Are, Where We Live: Buckeye/Shaker is inviting everyone to stop by the EDWINS patio Saturday, June 3, from 10 a.m. to noon to write your three-word story on a Lake Erie stone. You may keep your stone or leave it as part of the...
by Jon Khanna | May 17, 2017 | Blog
While much of the learning our students do at EDWINS is hands-on, of course cookbooks and textbooks also hold an important place in their education. The writings of Auguste Escoffier, Fannie Farmer, Julia Child, Ferran Adrià, Thomas Keller, Michael Ruhlman and...
by Jon Khanna | May 4, 2017 | Blog
There’s nothing we love to talk about more than the accomplishments of our graduates. Angela Sharpley ’16 was featured as part of In the Company of Women, a celebration of female entrepreneurs hosted by The Women’s Business Center. After graduating from the EDWINS...