Culinary college · Los Angeles
Free, union-backed culinary job training and line cook apprenticeships in Los Angeles
The Hospitality Training Academy is not a place for a one-night cooking class. It is a nonprofit career program in Los Angeles. It offers free training and apprenticeships for jobs in hotels, food service, corporate cafeterias and event venues. HTA is a labor-management partnership between UNITE HERE Local 11 and its contributing employers. It says over 95% of its students have a job waiting when they graduate.
Students apply rather than book. The kitchen track includes a Registered Apprenticeship for Line Cooks, launched in 2017, and a Chef de Partie apprenticeship. Instructors include Chef Danny Harold, a Johnson & Wales graduate who founded Harold Catering. Chef Abraham Ortiz cooked at Bouchon Bistro and was on the Gwen Restaurant team that earned a Michelin star in 2022. Chef Rogelio Diaz is an HTA graduate who now assists in teaching. Barista trainers Kelly Corwin and Missy Mayhugh teach coffee.
It suits people who want a paid hospitality career, especially career changers. It holds a 4.7 Google rating from 55 reviews.
Serious cooks
Technique-heavy classes
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No. HTA is a career training program. It prepares people for jobs in hospitality and food service through free training and apprenticeships.
Training is free, and it includes placement into jobs with leading hospitality employers.
HTA says over 95% of its students have a job waiting for them when they graduate.
Instructors include Chef Danny Harold, Chef Abraham Ortiz and Chef Rogelio Diaz, an HTA graduate. Mitchell Frieder directs food and beverage training.
HTA is a 501(c)(3) labor-management partnership between UNITE HERE Local 11 and its contributing employers.
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