If you stop by Second Harvest Food Bank’s Providence Culinary Training, chances are you will see Steven Jones. Steven, 23, is handsome...

Charles Jarvis, a graduate of Providence Culinary Training, says there are a million ways to make a dish-- and a life.

“If I had known you were going to take my picture, I would have done my hair!” laughs Ebony Spencer as she walks through the Providence...

Vanessa learned about Providence Culinary Training (PCT) when she was searching for a plane ticket home. Originally from Barcelona, she had just left a controlling marriage, one where she couldn’t drive, couldn’t write a check.

Earlier this month, Ben Dunlap stood up to the microphone in front of a group of students about to graduate from Providence Culinary Training. “I’ve never made a speech before,” he humbly said. “My dad was… how do I say it? A street hustler,” he said. “He always did whatever he had to in order to provide for his family.” Ben said his father passed away recently, and now he wants to honor his father’s commitment to his family by supporting his own young family, but via a diffe

Michael Lewis admits his work ethic was not the strongest when he was a dishwasher. Dishwashing is, you can imagine, a very tedious job....

We had a hunch about Daryl “DJ” Myers as he walked up to get his Providence Culinary Training diploma last December. We weren’t sure what it was, but we thought that he was about to make something good happen. Nine short months later, something good did happen: something very good, especially if you have a sweet tooth. DJ launched the already successful DJ’s Cheesecakes, making and selling his homemade cheesecakes in an incredible variety of flavors. It was clear to us that a

Jacques Moore, a graduate of Second Harvest’s Triad Community Kitchen program, has always had a passion for cooking. He was 8 years old when his grandma taught him how to make cookies for the first time. Ever since, he has enjoyed sharing his love of cooking with his friends and family. After working as a shoe buyer at Nordstrom for some time, Jacques started attending culinary classes at the Institute of Culinary Education in New York, doing a steward program. In the midst o

Born in West Palm Beach, Florida, Charles met and fell in love with Sandra in Hendersonville, North Carolina, while working for his...