Inside CDCR Video: Quentin Cooks

It’s easy at first to think that the Quentin Cooks program is all about food. Food is certainly the focus, as volunteer chefs from the San Francisco Bay Area teach San Quentin inmates the skills they need to work in a culinary setting.
But Quentin Cooks is much more than a cooking school. The class emphasizes the personal bonds that are formed between those who prepare food and those who are served. It emphasizes teamwork, the ability to work with people of different backgrounds and personal responsibility for being accountable. Those skills are just as valuable for succeeding in life as they are in the chaotic environment of a commercial kitchen.
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