Sauté
Sauté runs for 12 weeks and is available year-round to Head Start parents
Sauté: Culinary job training
Sauté is an in-house culinary training program available to residents of Salt Lake and Tooele counties. Sauté helps individuals become competitive in the field of culinary arts, prepare for the workforce, and build upon their strengths to reach self-reliance for themselves and their families.
What Students Learn in Sauté
Graduates leave the program with 40 hours of hands-on training from the head chef and an applied knowledge of industry standards:
- Cooking techniques including how to boil, braise, sauté, bake, and more
- Kitchen sanitation and safety (complete with ServSafe® certification!)
- Knife skills
- Kitchen etiquette
- How to plan cost-effective meals
- Nutrition principles
- Résumé and interviewing skills
How It Works
The Head Start Central Kitchen holds three Sauté courses per year allowing them to train up to 72 students. The classes run four days per week for 12 weeks.
Sauté in Action
Café Evergreen
In 2014, Utah Community Action partnered with Salt Lake County to create the Evergreen Café in the Millcreek Recreation Center, where students serve meals to seniors and clientele of the rec center. This café is used as a practical, temporary employment program for Sauté program graduates. Sauté classes are also offered during the day through the café. This year, UCA expanded this partnership to include the Draper and Midvale Senior Center Cafés as well.
Catering Services
Sauté caters events for the general public, offering practical application for banquet serving and preparation to Sauté students. Catering services also offer a revenue source for Head Start benefiting multiple programs dedicated to helping families become self-reliant.
How to Apply
Sauté is available in our South Salt Lake location only at this time. To apply for Sauté, fill out our online application.
Contact Us
To request catering for your event, please contact us at saute@utahca.org.
Please include the following:
- The date and time of the event.
- The type of event.
- The number of people.
- Known Allergens
Central Kitchen Address
2825 South 200 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84115
MISSION STATEMENT
The Sauté Job Training Program creates workforce development activities targeted to individuals and families with low- to moderate-income levels. The Sauté program helps achieve the following outcomes:
- Provide quality adult education and job readiness training to low- moderate-income individuals, including enrollment, training, and ServSafe certification according to food service industry standards.
- Achieve a 90% hire or promotion rate for Sauté graduates in the food services industry within three months of program completion.