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The Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington Education Foundation is committed to promoting the restaurant and foodservice industry as a career of unlimited opportunity.
  
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ABOUT US
Current Programs:
Founded in 2004, the RAMW-EF is committed to promoting the restaurant and
foodservice industry as a career of unlimited opportunities.
RAMW-EF programs include:
- Helping public school districts to design and implement culinary education
programs
- Providing scholarships to promising culinary students. We have provided over
$100,000 in such scholarships to high schools students who are interested in
pursuing their culinary studies at the post-secondary level. Past RAMW-EF
scholarship recipients have gone on to graduate at the top of their classes at
some of the nation’s finest schools in the field, such as the Culinary Institute
of America and Johnson & Wales. Others have gone on to internships at the
Ritz-Carlton and in Bermuda.
- Seeking new partnerships outside of the public school system, in an effort
to serve more challenged populations. We are in the first year of a partnership
with a special education charter high school, and we are in discussions to
create programs for an out-of-school youth nonprofit and a local juvenile
justice facility.
- Partnering with the new community college at the University of the District
of Columbia to improve the culinary program there, by determining exactly what
skills restaurants actually need in students, and tailoring the community
college program to these needs.
- Offering continuing education programs on cutting-edge culinary issues, to
help keep those already in the industry sharp. Most recently, in partnership
with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National
Restaurant Association Conserve program, we offered a seminar at the World Bank
on “sustainable seafood practices.” Over 100 chefs and other restaurant
personnel attended. Upcoming seminars will feature topics including humane meat, restaurants and social media, and “green” restaurant operations.
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