New England Center for Arts and Technology

New  England Center for Arts & Technology (NECAT) provides no cost, industry-­‐specific culinary training to chronically unemployed and
under-­‐employed people in the Boston area. NECAT's 16 week program combines culinary arts training with job readiness and placement skills. Students are prepared for employment in Boston area restaurants, hotels, senior living, medical facilities, schools and other institutions. NECAT's vision is to use culinary education as a means of lifting Boston's most vulnerable populations out of poverty and onto the path of economic self-sufficiency